escarrassar-se

Catalan

Etymology

From escarrar.

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escarrassar-se (first-person singular present m'escarrasso, first-person singular preterite m'escarrassí, past participle escarrassat)

  1. to strain, exhaust oneself
    Synonym: esforçar
    No t'escarrassis tant, que t'hi deixaràs l'esquena.Don't stretch out so much, or else you'll break your back on it.
    • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 16, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
      Vaig renunciar. Per què escarrassar-m'hi? Què hi guanyava, pegant-li?
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