(transitive) to square (to make square; to reduce to a square shape) / (mathematics) to square (a number) / (geometry) to square (to draw a square with the same area as) / (transitive) to tally or balance / (intransitive) to be exact (of a calculation, etc.) [auxiliary avere or essere] / (chiefly in the negative) to inspire confidence (in); to convince [+ a (object)] [auxiliary avere or essere] / (intransitive) to work; to function; to make sense [auxiliary avere or essere] / (intransitive, rare) to suit [+ a (object)] or [+ con (object)] [auxiliary avere or essere] / (intransitive) to fit in [auxiliary avere or essere] / (intransitive, informal, rare) Synonym of piacere [auxiliary avere or essere]

to eke out a living / to make ends meet / to get by