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/Sounds like "reh" (as in "red") + "boos" (as in "boot") + "KAHR" (as in "car") + "seh" (as in "set") + "lah" (as in "lava")/

Meaning

To figure it out, to hustle and make money or solve a problem with whatever you have on hand and pure creativity. It's the verb of Latin survival: when there are no resources, there's ingenuity.

Examples

She hustles selling empanadas on the corner.

Gotta rebuscársela somehow this month.

Word family

In Colombia, to get worked up, aggressive, or enter a state of intense agitation when provoked. It describes the exact moment someone loses their cool and shifts into full confrontation mode. Once someone is encachinado, it is best to back off.