desvivirse

pron.v.

1 to do everything one can.

desvivirse por hacer algo to bend over backward to do something

2 to go all the way, to bend over backward, to do the impossible, to fall over oneself.

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desvivirse

► verbo pronominal

1 (desvelarse) to do one's utmost (por, for), be devoted (por, to)

2 (desear) to be mad (por, about)

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VPR

desvivirse por algo — (=desear) to crave sth, long for sth; (=chiflarse por) to be crazy about sth

desvivirse por los amigos — to do anything for one's friends

desvivirse por salir — to be dying to go out

se desvivía por ayudarme — he used to go out of his way to help me

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verbo pronominal

desvivirse por alguien — to be completely devoted to somebody

desvivirse por + inf — to go out of one's way to + inf

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= lean over + backwards, go out of + Posesivo + way to + Infinitivo.

Ex. In his commentary, Briggs leans over backwards to avoid all but the barest possible mention of the darker side of the complex relationship between occupiers and occupied.

Ex. The writer goes out of her way to make her meaning plain, and to achieve a level of language and simplicity of structure she assumes most of her intended readers will feel at home with.

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verbo pronominal

desvivirse por alguien — to be completely devoted to somebody

desvivirse por + inf — to go out of one's way to + inf

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= lean over + backwards, go out of + Posesivo + way to + Infinitivo.

Ex: In his commentary, Briggs leans over backwards to avoid all but the barest possible mention of the darker side of the complex relationship between occupiers and occupied.

Ex: The writer goes out of her way to make her meaning plain, and to achieve a level of language and simplicity of structure she assumes most of her intended readers will feel at home with.

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desvivirse [I1 ]

v pron

desvivirse POR algn to be completely devoted TO sb

se desvive por sus hijos she's completely devoted to her children

desvivirse POR + INF to do one's utmost to + INF

se desvive por vernos contentos she does everything she can o she does her utmost o she goes out of her way o she goes to enormous lengths to make us happy

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desvivirse (conjugate desvivirse) verbo pronominal desvivirse por algn to be completely devoted to sb;
desvivirse por hacer algo to go out of one's way to do sth
desvivirse vr (esforzarse, mostrar mucho interés) to live [por, for], to devote oneself [por, to]: se desvive por los demás, he lives only for other people
'desvivirse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
volcar
English:
way

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desvivirse vpr

[desvelarse] to do everything one can (por for);

se desvive por su familia he'd do anything for his family;

desvivirse por hacer algo to bend over backwards to do sth

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desvivirse

v/r

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desvivirse por alguien fig fam live for s.o., be devoted to s.o.