earn - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Verbs

to earn sth.  | earned, earned |	ganar algo   - dinero
to earn sth. respect/affection/...  | earned, earned |	ganarse algo respeto/afecto/...
to earn sth.  | earned, earned |	ganarse algo   - lograr
to earn a doctorate  | earned, earned |	doctorar a alguien
to earn a (or: one's) crust  | earned, earned | (Brit.) [coll.]	ganarse el pan [fig.]
to earn a living  | earned, earned |	ganarse el puchero [fig.]
to earn one's livelihood  | earned, earned |	ganarse el puchero [fig.]
to earn one's living	ganarse el puchero [fig.]

Nouns

earned run [SPORT.]	carrera limpia   [Baseball]
earned run average [abbr.: ERA] [SPORT.]	la efectividad   [Baseball]
earned run average [abbr.: ERA] [SPORT.]	promedio de carreras limpias permitidas   [Baseball]
earned income [FINAN.]	remuneración laboral
earned surplus [FINAN.]	beneficio de la explotación
earned surplus [FINAN.]	la ganancia
earned surplus [FINAN.]	resultado de explotación

Examples

She works hard to earn a good salary.	Ella trabaja duro para ganar un buen salario.
She works hard to earn a living.	Trabaja duro para ganarse el sustento.

Phrases / Collocations

A penny saved is a penny earned.

no hay mejor ahorrar que poco gastar.

Orthographically similar words

Aran, barn, bean, bear, Bern, darn, Darn, dean, dear, Dear, ear, earl, elan, ern, erne, fear, fern, gear, hear, kern, lean, learn, mean, near, pean, pear, rear, sear, tear, tern, warn, wean, wear, yarn, year, yearn

Aran, arni, deán, mear

Related search terms

secure, purchase, acquire