/Sounds like 'ah-pah-lan-KAR-seh'/
To settle in comfortably somewhere with no intention of moving anytime soon. Apalancarse is that state of getting perfectly comfortable — sunk into the couch, sprawled at a friend's place, or installed in a job — with zero urgency to leave.
"Se apalancó en el sofá con la manta y no se movió en todo el día."
"Lleva años apalancado en ese trabajo sin progresar. → He settled into the couch with a blanket and didn't move all day."
"He's been comfortably planted in that job for years without moving up."
/Sounds like 'ah-pah-lan-KAR-seh'/
To settle in comfortably somewhere with no intention of moving anytime soon. Apalancarse is that state of getting perfectly comfortable — sunk into the couch, sprawled at a friend's place, or installed in a job — with zero urgency to leave.
"Se apalancó en el sofá con la manta y no se movió en todo el día."
"Lleva años apalancado en ese trabajo sin progresar. → He settled into the couch with a blanket and didn't move all day."
"He's been comfortably planted in that job for years without moving up."