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desgaste — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • burnout noun A state of long-term physical and emotional exhaustion, often caused by chronic work stress.
  • wear verb To have clothing, jewellery, or an accessory on one's body.

Senses

desgaste is used for these senses in English:

  • burnout (automotive) Use of the throttle to spin the wheels of a vehicle being held stationary, causing the spinning tires to produce smoke and burn rubber.
  • wear Damage to the appearance and/or strength of an item caused by use over time.
  • wear and tear Damage or depreciation resulting from ordinary use (normally as something excluded from a guarantee or warranty of quality, or as justifying a write-down in a set of accounts).

burnout — full definition

  1. noun A state of long-term physical and emotional exhaustion, often caused by chronic work stress.
  2. noun The act of spinning a stationary vehicle's wheels until they smoke.

wear — full definition

  1. verb To have clothing, jewellery, or an accessory on one's body.
  2. verb To gradually damage or erode something through repeated use or friction.
  3. verb To last, or hold up, under continued use.
  4. noun Clothing, especially of a particular type.

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