gorronear

v.

to sponge, to scrounge (informal). (peninsular Spanish, Mexican Spanish)

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gorronear

► verbo intransitivo

1 to scrounge, be a parasite

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verbo transitivo/ intransitivo (Esp, Méx fam) to scrounge (colloq)

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= sponge (off/on), cadge.

Ex. Everyone knows people who have a tendency to sponge off other people -- free-riding has been a problem since civilization got started.

Ex. For the most part it is a story of bug-ridden rooms in working-men's hotels, of fights, drinking bouts, cheap brothels, Russian refugees, cadging.

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verbo transitivo/ intransitivo (Esp, Méx fam) to scrounge (colloq)

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= sponge (off/on), cadge.

Ex: Everyone knows people who have a tendency to sponge off other people -- free-riding has been a problem since civilization got started.

Ex: For the most part it is a story of bug-ridden rooms in working-men's hotels, of fights, drinking bouts, cheap brothels, Russian refugees, cadging.

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gorronear [A1 ]

vt

(Esp, Méx fam) to scrounge (colloq), to cadge (colloq)

¿te puedo gorronear un cigarrillo? can I scrounge o cadge a cigarette off you?

me gorroneó $20 he scrounged $20 off me o borrowed $20 from me, he hit on me for $20 (AmE colloq)

■ gorronear

vi

(Esp, Méx fam) to scrounge (colloq), to freeload (colloq), to sponge (BrE colloq)

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gorronear (conjugate gorronear) verbo transitivo/intransitivo (Esp, Méx fam) to scrounge (colloq)
gorronear vtr, vi fam to scrounge, bum, touch for: ¿te puedo gorronear un cigarrillo?, ¿may I bum a cigarette off you?
'gorronear' also found in these entries:
English:
bum
- cadge
- mooch
- scrounge
- sponge

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gorronear Esp, Méx Fam

♦ vt

to sponge, to scrounge;

siempre me gorronea cigarros she's always scrounging cigarrettes off me

♦ vi

to sponge, to scrounge;

siempre está gorroneando he's always sponging o scrounging, he's always on the scrounge

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gorronear

v/t & v/i fam

scrounge fam

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gorronear vt, fam : to bum, to scrounge

gorronear vi fam : to freeload