raído

adj.

frayed, torn, shabby, worn.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: raer.

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raído

► participio pasado

1→ {{link=raer}}raer

► adjetivo

1 (deteriorado) threadbare, worn

2 figurado (descarado) shameless, cheeky

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ADJ

1) [paño] frayed, threadbare; [ropa, persona] shabby

2) (=desvergonzado) shameless

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-da adjetivo worn-out, threadbare

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= frayed, worn, well-worn, moth-eaten, mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.], timeworn.

Ex. It has a time-worn and frayed look.

Ex. Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.

Ex. He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.

Ex. He said: 'The outer shell of democracy is, no doubt, intact but it appears to be moth-eaten from inside'.

Ex. So, he cleaned the bird cage from top to bottom and threw out all the mothy bird seed.

Ex. In the crest of the timeworn Black Mountains lies the summit of Mount Mitchell, the highest point east of the Mississippi.

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-da adjetivo worn-out, threadbare

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= frayed, worn, well-worn, moth-eaten, mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.], timeworn.

Ex: It has a time-worn and frayed look.

Ex: Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.

Ex: He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.

Ex: He said: 'The outer shell of democracy is, no doubt, intact but it appears to be moth-eaten from inside'.

Ex: So, he cleaned the bird cage from top to bottom and threw out all the mothy bird seed.

Ex: In the crest of the timeworn Black Mountains lies the summit of Mount Mitchell, the highest point east of the Mississippi.

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raído -da

adjective

worn-out, threadbare

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Del verbo raer: (conjugate raer)

raído es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
raer    
raído
raer (conjugate raer) verbo transitivo ‹superficie› to scrape;
‹barniz/pintura› to scrape off
raído

◊ -da adjetivo

worn-out, threadbare
raído,-a adjetivo worn (out)

'raído' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
raída
English:
mangy
- shabby
- threadbare
- thread
- worn

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raído, -a adj

[desgastado] threadbare; [por los bordes] frayed

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raído

adj threadbare

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raído, -da adj

: worn, shabby

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raído adj shabby [comp. shabbier; superl. shabbiest]

un traje raído a shabby suit