- descascararse
- VPR to peel, peel off* * *Esp descascarillarse verbo pronominal pared to peel; pintura/esmalte to chip, peel; taza/plato to chip* * *(v.) = flake, flake offEx. Since the polychromy was flaking badly, a program of restoration was decided on in 1975 and completed in 1977.Ex. Reader use, exhibitions and reproductions, age, pigment damages, and the dry air caused by the radiators, often cause the layer of pigment in the miniatures of old manuscripts to loosen or flake off.* * *Esp descascarillarse verbo pronominal pared to peel; pintura/esmalte to chip, peel; taza/plato to chip* * *(v.) = flake, flake off
Ex: Since the polychromy was flaking badly, a program of restoration was decided on in 1975 and completed in 1977.
Ex: Reader use, exhibitions and reproductions, age, pigment damages, and the dry air caused by the radiators, often cause the layer of pigment in the miniatures of old manuscripts to loosen or flake off.* * *descascararse [A1 ] or (Esp) descascarillarse [A1 ]v pron«pared» to peel; «pintura/esmalte» to chip, peel; «taza/plato» to chip* * *
descascararse (conjugate descascararse) vpron [pared/pintura] to peel;
[taza/plato]to chip
'descascararse' also found in these entries:
English:
flake
* * *vprto peel (off)* * *vr: to peel off, to chip
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.