se desenmerdar

Portuguese

Meaning

to sort things out on one's own, to get oneself out of trouble (vulgar

Example

Ninguém vai te salvar, se desenmerde!

Nobody's going to save you, figure it out!

Origin

Desenmerdar is a direct import from French se démerder, an informal verb attested from around 1900 and built from dé- plus merde — literally "to get yourself out of the mess."

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Source: Wiktionary — démerder.

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