Me hicieron enojar

Question

I guess this is just like Me hicieron volar. But that would seem like they threw me off a cliff.

Me hicieron feliz. They made me happy. That uses an adjective.

Me hicieron enojar. They made me mad.

Heard in a show and has 300,000 hits on google....

Bunch of guys fighting and they beat up his friend so he thinks "Me hicieron enojar".

It just strikes me as odd.

Gracias.

Wow jeezle - you're really hitting the studying this morning - keep the questions coming - I'm learning from you! - caza, Dec 20, 2011

It's time for bed now, been at this since I got off work at 4 (now it's 1:20). Back tomorrow. ;) - jeezzle, Dec 20, 2011

Yes it is time!! When you read these last three questions in the morning, you will see you should have gone to bed earlier! ;)) - territurtle, Dec 20, 2011

Answer 1

Yes, this is how it works.

Me hicieron enojar........ They made me become angry. ("become angry" is acting as one verb).

The adjective would be "Me pusieron enojado."

Me hicieron enojar = hicieron que me enoje. Isn't that right? - jeezzle, Dec 20, 2011

enojara - 005faa61, Dec 20, 2011

Answer 2

It's clumsy in English,

It certainly is in Spanish, we would rather say:

Me enojaron, me enfadaron

Hicieron que me enfadara.

It does sometimes work:

Me haces sonreír.

I think there's a different nuance in saying it one way or the other. I think "me hicieron enojar" places more of a stress in the fact that "they" very rudely changed my mood from its usual pleasant state to this uncomfortable anger. :-) - Gekkosan, Dec 20, 2011

Answer 3

It's clumsy in English, but maybe it's kind of like: they made me (to) enrage...as opposed to an adjective.

Don't need to use the word "enrage," just "they angered me" (got me mad) works. - territurtle, Dec 20, 2011

@territurtle: I was trying to put in English but stay as close to the Spanish structure as possible. - webdunce, Dec 20, 2011