afanarse — meaning in English

English meaning

• fixate verb To make something fixed and stable; to fix.
• fret verb To worry or feel anxious about something.
• strive verb To make a great and sustained effort to achieve something.
• toil noun Hard, exhausting work.

Senses

afanarse is used for these senses in English:

• fixate (intransitive) To attend to something to the exclusion of all others. [with on]
• fret (ambitransitive) To be chafed or irritated; to be angry or vexed; to utter peevish expressions through irritation or worry.
• strive To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.

fixate — full definition

1. verb To make something fixed and stable; to fix.
2. verb To stare fixedly at something.
3. verb To attend to something to the exclusion of all others.
4. verb To attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner.

fret — full definition

1. verb To worry or feel anxious about something.
2. noun One of the raised ridges across the neck of a guitar or similar instrument, used to mark finger positions.

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