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TOPIK 6verb

자처하다

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자처해요 · 자처했어요 · 자처할 거예요 · 자처하세요

to call oneself, to pose as; to bring on oneself

Example

그는 스스로 전문가를 자처했어요.

He called himself an expert.

Word parts

자 self처 place

Literally 'place oneself' in a role or situation.

Good to know

고생을 자처하다 means to choose hardship voluntarily.