encargarse

VPR

encargarse de — (=ocuparse de) to take care of; (=ser responsable de) to be in charge of; (=tomar la responsabilidad de) to take charge of

¿qué empresa se va a encargar de la mudanza? — which firm is going to do o take care of the moving?

ya me encargo yo de decírselo a todo el mundo — I'll make sure everyone knows, I'll take care of telling everyone

de ese me encargo yo personalmente — hum I'll see to him myself!, I'll take care of him myself!

yo me encargo de los asuntos culturales — I'm in charge of cultural affairs

yo me encargo normalmente de cocinar — I normally do the cooking, I'm normally in charge of the cooking

no irá, de eso me encargo yo — he won't go, I'll see to that o I'll make sure of that

cuando ella murió, él se encargó del negocio — when she died, he took over the business o he took charge of the business

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■encargarse verbo reflexivo encargarse de, to see to, deal with, look after: yo me encargo de llamar a María, I'll see to calling María
encárgate de que no pase nadie, make sure nobody comes in
'encargarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
preocuparse
- apersonarse
- encargar
English:
care
- handle
- see about
- take on
- take upon
- arrange
- cater
- catering
- charge
- deal
- look
- man
- responsibility
- take

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vpr

encargarse de algo [ocuparse] to deal with sth;

[estar a cargo de] to be in charge of sth;

yo me encargaré de eso I'll take care of o see to that;

se encarga de la informática en la empresa she is responsible for computing within the company;

él se encargaba de la tienda he looked after the shop, he was in charge of the shop;

encargarse de alguien to look after sb, to see to sb;

tú encárgate de los niños you look after o see to the children;

si pone problemas, yo me encargaré de él if he causes any problems, I'll deal with him;

encargarse de hacer algo to undertake to do sth;

tú te encargarás de limpiar el baño it'll be your job to clean the bathroom;

me encargo de abrir la puerta todas las mañanas I see to it that the door is opened every morning;

ya habrá quien se encargue de contárselo a mis padres no doubt someone will make it their business to tell my parents;

la lluvia se encargó de arruinar el espectáculo the rain made sure the show was ruined, the rain ruined the show;

encargarse de que… to see to it that…, to make sure that…;

encárgate de que nadie pase por aquí see to it o make sure (that) no one comes through here;

yo me encargaré de que nadie se pierda I'll make sure no one gets lost

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encargarse

v/r (tener responsabilidad) be in charge; (asumir reponsabilidad) take charge;

yo me encargo de la comida I’ll take care of o see to the food

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vr

encargarse de : to take charge of

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encargarse vb

1. (hacerse responsable) to take care of [pt. took; pp. taken]

yo me encargaré de todo I'll take care of everything

2. (cuidar) to look after

¿te encargas tú del niño? will you look after the baby?

3. (asegurarse) to make sure

encárgate de que todo esté apagado make sure everything's turned off