aplicarse

aplicarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (esforzarse) to apply oneself, work hard

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to work harder

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VPR

1) [+ crema, pomada] to apply (a, en to)

aplíquese la pomada en la quemadura — apply the cream to the burn

2) (=esforzarse)

si no te aplicas más, vas a suspender — if you don't work harder o if you don't apply yourself to your studies, you are going to fail

aplicarse en algo — to work hard at sth

cuento I, 1)

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= pull up + Posesivo + socks.

Ex. So the Marxists will have to pull up their socks if they are to prevent the state from sliding back to the lawlessness one had seen prior to 1977.

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= pull up + Posesivo + socks.

Ex: So the Marxists will have to pull up their socks if they are to prevent the state from sliding back to the lawlessness one had seen prior to 1977.

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■aplicarse verbo reflexivo
1 (esforzarse) to apply oneself, work hard
2 (una norma, una ley) to apply, be applicable
'aplicarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ciudad
- darse
- maquillarse
- rezar
- aplicar
English:
apply
- go for
- settle down

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vpr

1. [esmerarse] to apply oneself;

se aplicó mucho en los estudios he applied himself very hard to his studies

2. [concernir]

aplicarse a to apply to;

el artículo 28 se aplicará en los siguientes casos… article 28 shall apply in the following cases…;

este recargo no se aplicará a los pensionistas this extra charge does not apply to pensioners

3. [a uno mismo]

… ¡y aplícate eso a ti también! … and that goes for you as well!

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aplicarse

v/r apply o.s.

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vr

: to apply oneself

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aplicarse vb to work hard

se aplicó mucho en el último trimestre he worked very hard in the last term