preocuparse por

v.

to worry about, to be concerned about, to be bothered with, to care about.

Me preocupo por esa situación I worry about that situation.

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(v.) = become + apprehensive about, care (about/for), be apprehensive (about), lose + sleep over/on, fret about

Ex. As the 1992 unification of the European Community looms, East European countries are becoming jittery and apprehensive about the implications for them.

Ex. Many authors, especially since the mid nineteenth century, have cared about the details of their punctuation and have bothered to correct it.

Ex. His actions have bothered me to the extent that I have difficulty working with him without always being apprehensive.

Ex. Up to 42 percent of IT managers confess to losing sleep over security concerns .

Ex. I would have included library schools in this list except for the fact that they fret endlessly about the pros and cons of being called a library school.

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(v.) = become + apprehensive about, care (about/for), be apprehensive (about), lose + sleep over/on, fret about

Ex: As the 1992 unification of the European Community looms, East European countries are becoming jittery and apprehensive about the implications for them.

Ex: Many authors, especially since the mid nineteenth century, have cared about the details of their punctuation and have bothered to correct it.

Ex: His actions have bothered me to the extent that I have difficulty working with him without always being apprehensive.

Ex: Up to 42 percent of IT managers confess to losing sleep over security concerns .

Ex: I would have included library schools in this list except for the fact that they fret endlessly about the pros and cons of being called a library school.