desgastar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abrade verb To wear something away gradually by rubbing or scraping it.
- chafe noun Warmth produced by rubbing against something.
- 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
- verb To wear something away gradually by rubbing or scraping it.
- verb To tire someone out or wear down their patience.
- verb To make sore by rubbing against it repeatedly.
- verb To make a surface rougher by scraping or scratching it.
chafe — full definition
- noun Warmth produced by rubbing against something.
- noun Soreness or wear brought about by rubbing.
- noun A feeling of annoyance or anger.
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