encargarse de

v.

1 to take care of, to be in charge of, to deal with, to address.

La esposa atendió a su marido The wife took care of her husband.

2 to take upon oneself to, to get about to, to go about to.

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encargarse de

► verbo pronominal

1 to take charge of, look after, see to, deal with

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to take charge of

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(v.) = take over, undertake, man, run, see to

Ex. DOBIS/LIBIS can take over much of the housekeeping work necessary for a smoothly functioning library = DOBIS/LIBIS puede encargarse de la mayor parte del trabajo de gestión administrativa para que la biblioteca funcione sin problemas.

Ex. Among the documents that are worthy of consideration for abstracting are sources, in particular journals or reports issued by a specific organisation, for which the abstracting agency has undertaken to give comprehensive coverage.

Ex. The responsibility for manning the one telephone left at the disposal of a residue of callers fell to a single officer who had other duties to carry out to justify his keep.

Ex. The service is run by Radio-Suisse and can be accessed via de PSS.

Ex. They should see to the social reintegration of children who are victims of foreign occupation, anti-personnel mines and sexual abuse.

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(v.) = take over, undertake, man, run, see to

Ex: DOBIS/LIBIS can take over much of the housekeeping work necessary for a smoothly functioning library = DOBIS/LIBIS puede encargarse de la mayor parte del trabajo de gestión administrativa para que la biblioteca funcione sin problemas.

Ex: Among the documents that are worthy of consideration for abstracting are sources, in particular journals or reports issued by a specific organisation, for which the abstracting agency has undertaken to give comprehensive coverage.

Ex: The responsibility for manning the one telephone left at the disposal of a residue of callers fell to a single officer who had other duties to carry out to justify his keep.

Ex: The service is run by Radio-Suisse and can be accessed via de PSS.

Ex: They should see to the social reintegration of children who are victims of foreign occupation, anti-personnel mines and sexual abuse.