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desemmerdar.

to take oneself out of a difficult situation, without help; to pull oneself up by one's bootstraps, to be on one's own

11 characters4 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/dɨˈzẽ.mɨɾ.daɾ/Portugal[dɨˈzẽ.mɨɾ.ðaɾ]Portugal/dɨˈzẽ.mɨɾ.daɾ/Portugal[dɨˈzẽ.mɨɾ.ðaɾ]Portugal
  1. to take oneself out of a difficult situation, without help; to pull oneself up by one's bootstraps, to be on one's own

    Portugal · reflexive · vulgar
    Tu é que te puseste nessa situação, agora desemmerda-te
Where this word comes from

From des- + em- + merda (“shit”) + -ar, literally “to unshit oneself, to get oneself out of the shit”. Alternatively, a calque of French se démerder.

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