- desgastar
- v.1 to wear out.2 to wear down, to fret, to eat away, to rub away.El roce desgasta el cuero Friction wears down leather.3 to exhaust, to play out.El acoso desgasta la mente Harassment exhausts the mind.4 to tire out, to drain.* * *desgastar► verbo transitivo1 (ropa) to wear out, wear away; (tacones) to wear down2 (erosionar) to erode3 figurado (debilitar) to weaken► verbo pronominal desgastarse1 (gastarse) to wear out, get worn2 figurado (debilitarse) to weaken3 figurado (persona) to wear oneself out* * *verbto wear out, wear down* * *1. VT1) [+ ropa, zapatos, tejido, moqueta, neumático] to wear out; [+ tacones, suela] to wear down; [+ superficie] to wear away
las olas han desgastado las rocas — the waves have worn away the rocks
la corrupción ha desgastado al gobierno — corruption has weakened the government
2) [+ rival, contrincante] to wear down2.VI (=debilitar)veinte años de poder desgastan — after twenty years in power you get stale o run out of steam
3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) (gastar) <suelas/ropa> to wear out; <roca> to wear away, erodeb) (debilitar) to wear ... down2.desgastarse v pron* * *= wear out, eat away at.Ex. What we really want is a product that wears out from use over a reasonable amount of time.Ex. Rather than catalog departments going out of business, they could turn their attention once again to cataloging special local materials, eating away at store-rooms of uncataloged materials, and making their collections as a whole more responsive to their local constituency.----* desgastarse = wear off.* no desgastarse fácilmente = wear + well.* sin desgastar = unworn.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) (gastar) <suelas/ropa> to wear out; <roca> to wear away, erodeb) (debilitar) to wear ... down2.desgastarse v pron* * *= wear out, eat away at.Ex: What we really want is a product that wears out from use over a reasonable amount of time.
Ex: Rather than catalog departments going out of business, they could turn their attention once again to cataloging special local materials, eating away at store-rooms of uncataloged materials, and making their collections as a whole more responsive to their local constituency.* desgastarse = wear off.* no desgastarse fácilmente = wear + well.* sin desgastar = unworn.* * *desgastar [A1 ]vt1 (gastar) ‹suelas/ropa› to wear out; ‹roca› to wear away, erode2 (debilitar) to wear … down■ desgastarsev pron1 (gastarse) «ropa» to wear out; «roca» to wear away; «tacón» to wear down2 «persona» to wear oneself out; «relación» to grow stale* * *
desgastar (conjugate desgastar) verbo transitivoa) (gastar) ‹suelas/ropa› to wear out;
‹roca› to wear away, erodeb) (debilitar) to wear … down
desgastarse verbo pronominala) (gastarse) [ropa] to wear out;
[roca] to wear away;
[tacón] to wear downb) [persona] to wear oneself out;
[relación] to grow stale
desgastar verbo transitivo to wear out
'desgastar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
gastar
English:
eat away
- erode
- wear
- wear away
- weather
* * *desgastar♦ vt1. [suela, neumático] to wear down;[puño, cuerda] to fray; [roca] to wear away;han desgastado la tapicería del sofá con sus juegos they've caused a lot of wear on the upholstery of the sofa with their playing on it2. [persona] to wear out;[organización] to weaken♦ See also the pronominal verb desgastarse* * *desgastarv/t1 zapatos wear out2 defensas wear down* * *desgastar vt1) : to use up2) : to wear away, to wear down* * *desgastar vb (ropa, zapatos) to wear out [pt. wore; pp. worn]has desgastado el pantalón por las rodillas you've worn out the knees of your trousers
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.