desgastarse

desgastarse

► verbo pronominal

1 (gastarse) to wear out, get worn

2 figurado (debilitarse) to weaken

3 figurado (persona) to wear oneself out

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VPR

1) (=gastarse) [ropa, zapatos, tejido, neumático] to wear out; [tacones, suela, grada] to wear down; [superficie, roca] to wear away

la cuerda se desgastó con el roce — friction wore away the rope

2) (=agotarse) [persona] to wear o.s. out

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(v.) = wear off

Ex. We're all familiar with the idea of novelty value and how it wears off with time.

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(v.) = wear off

Ex: We're all familiar with the idea of novelty value and how it wears off with time.

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■desgastarse verbo reflexivo
1 (una prenda, un instrumento) to wear out
2 (una persona) to wear oneself out
'desgastarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
deteriorarse
- gastarse
- desgastar
- gastar
- quemar
English:
wear
- wear away
- wear down
- wear off
- weather

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vpr

1. [suela, neumático] to wear down;

[puño, cuerda] to fray; [roca] to wear away; [tela] to become worn

2. [persona] to become worn out;

[organización] to become ineffective

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desgastarse

v/r fig

wear o.s. out