verb transitiu to work hard for to toil for, to verb pronominal apressar-se to hurry afanyar-se a fer una cosa to hurry to do something afanyar-se per fer una cosa to work hard to do something avui dia per guanyar-se la vida cal afanyar-se molt nowadays to earn one’s living one must work very hard
verb transitiu to favour to help , protect to treat favourably fortuna to favour , smile on vestit to become , flatter , look well on retrat to flatter