entusiasmarse

entusiasmarse

► verbo pronominal

1 to get enthusiastic (con, about), get excited (con, about)

2 (gustar) to love (con, -), like (con, -)

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VPR to get enthusiastic, get excited (con, por about)

se ha quedado entusiasmada con el vestido — she loves the dress, she is delighted with the dress

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(v.) = excite, work up + an enthusiasm, fire up, go into + raptures

Ex. Finally, we cannot help being excited by the fact that we, as a profession, find ourselves, for better or worse, embedded in the eye of the storm of significant change.

Ex. For this is the way with these common people; they will work up an enthusiasm one minute, and an hour later it will have fled away and left them cold and empty.

Ex. The sheer margin of the challenger's victory over the incumbent is a sign that the Democratic base is really fired up, and that Bush could be an albatross.

Ex. Most of my friends live in the city, yet they always go into raptures at the mere mention of the country.

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(v.) = excite, work up + an enthusiasm, fire up, go into + raptures

Ex: Finally, we cannot help being excited by the fact that we, as a profession, find ourselves, for better or worse, embedded in the eye of the storm of significant change.

Ex: For this is the way with these common people; they will work up an enthusiasm one minute, and an hour later it will have fled away and left them cold and empty.

Ex: The sheer margin of the challenger's victory over the incumbent is a sign that the Democratic base is really fired up, and that Bush could be an albatross.

Ex: Most of my friends live in the city, yet they always go into raptures at the mere mention of the country.

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■entusiasmarse verbo reflexivo to get excited o enthusiastic [con, about]
'entusiasmarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
embalarse
- emocionar
- entusiasmar
- ilusionar
English:
enthuse
- go for
- rave
- seize on
- seize upon
- excited

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vpr

to get excited (con about);

con cualquier cosa se entusiasma he gets excited about the slightest thing;

no te entusiasmes demasiado, que no hay nada seguro aún don't get too excited, there's nothing settled yet

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entusiasmarse

v/r get excited, get enthusiastic (con about)

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vr

: to get excited

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entusiasmarse vb to get excited

se entusiasmó con la idea de ir a la feria he got excited about going to the fair