ensañarse

ensañarse

► verbo pronominal

1 to be cruel (con, to), be brutal (con, with)

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VPR

ensañarse con o en — to treat brutally

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verbo pronominal

ensañarse con alguien: se ensañaron con los prisioneros they showed the prisoners no mercy o pity; no te ensañes con él — don't take it out on him (colloq)

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* ensañarse con = go to + town on, lash out (on), take it out on.

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verbo pronominal

ensañarse con alguien: se ensañaron con los prisioneros they showed the prisoners no mercy o pity; no te ensañes con él — don't take it out on him (colloq)

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* ensañarse con = go to + town on, lash out (on), take it out on.

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ensañarse [A1 ]

v pron

ensañarse CON algn:

se ensañaron con los prisioneros they showed the prisoners no mercy o pity, they treated the prisoners mercilessly o with great cruelty

se ensañaba con cualquier empleado que estuviera cerca he used to vent his anger o fury o frustration on any employee who happened to be on hand

no te ensañes con él, la culpa no es toda suya don't take it out on him, it's not all his fault (colloq)

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ensañarse (conjugate ensañarse) verbo pronominal:

◊ se ensañaron con los prisioneros they showed the prisoners no mercy o pity;

no te ensañes con él don't take it out on him (colloq)
■ensañarse verbo reflexivo to show no mercy, to take sadistic delight in sthg

'ensañarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cebarse

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ensañarse vpr

ensañarse con alguien to torment sb, to treat sb cruelly;

se ensañó con el pobre animal she really laid into the poor creature;

la prensa amarilla se ensañó con ella the gutter press tore her apart

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ensañarse

v/r show no mercy (con to)

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ensañarse vr

: to act cruelly, to be merciless