dar-se ao trabalho

Portuguese

Verb

dar-se ao trabalho (first-person singular present dou-me ao trabalho, first-person singular preterite dei-me ao trabalho, past participle dado ao trabalho)

  1. (reflexive, auxiliary with de and a verb in the impersonal infinitive) to bother (to do something which is of negligible inconvenience)
    Eles não se deram ao trabalho de avisar que viriam.
    They did not bother to notify of their arrival.

Conjugation

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