desgastar — meaning in English

English meaning

• abrade verb To rub or wear off; erode.
• chafe noun Heat excited by friction.
• degrade verb To lower someone's dignity or status; to humiliate.
• distress noun Serious pain, suffering, or worry, especially of an urgent kind.
• wear verb To have clothing, jewellery, or an accessory on one's body.

Senses

desgastar is used for these senses in English:

• abrade (transitive) To rub or wear off; erode. [First attested in the late 17th century.]
• attrit To wear down through attrition, especially mechanical attrition.
• chafe (intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
• degrade (transitive, geology) To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down.
• distress To treat a new object to give it an appearance of age.
• wear To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use.
• wear out To cause (something) to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use, especially hard, heavy, or careless use.
• wear out (intransitive) To deteriorate or become unusable or ineffective due to continued use, exposure, or strain.

abrade — full definition

1. verb To rub or wear off; erode.
2. verb To wear down or exhaust, as a person; irritate.
3. verb To irritate by rubbing; chafe.
4. verb To cause the surface to become more rough.

chafe — full definition

1. noun Heat excited by friction.
2. noun Injury or wear caused by friction.
3. noun Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.

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