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"desgastar" in English

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"desgastar" in English
desgastar{verb}
to eat away- to eat away at- to fray- to fray- to weather
desgastar{transitive verb}
to abrade- to frazzle- to wear away- to wear down- to wear out- to erode- to wear … down
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desgastar[desgastando · desgastado] {verb}
desgastar
to eat away {vb} (waves)
Desgastan la legitimidad de la UE, igual que el Tratado Constitucional que aún estamos debatiendo, que tiene que aprobarse por unanimidad.
They eat away at the EU's legitimacy, as does the Constitutional Treaty still under discussion, which requires unanimity for it to be adopted.
desgastar
to eat away at {vb} (sea)
Desgastan la legitimidad de la UE, igual que el Tratado Constitucional que aún estamos debatiendo, que tiene que aprobarse por unanimidad.
They eat away at the EU's legitimacy, as does the Constitutional Treaty still under discussion, which requires unanimity for it to be adopted.
desgastar
to fray[frayed · frayed] {v.t.} (rope, wire)
La zona del euro ya empieza a mostrar síntomas de desgaste.
The eurozone is already starting to show signs of fraying at the edges.
desgastar(also: raer)
to fray[frayed · frayed] {v.t.} (through use)
La zona del euro ya empieza a mostrar síntomas de desgaste.
The eurozone is already starting to show signs of fraying at the edges.
desgastar
to weather[weathered · weathered] {v.t.} (wear)
desgastar[desgastando · desgastado] {transitive verb}
desgastar(also: raspar, corroer, erosionar, raer)
to abrade[abraded · abraded] {v.t.}
desgastar
to frazzle {v.t.}
desgastar(also: desgastarse, gastarse, corroer)
to wear away {vb}
desgastar(also: desgastarse)
to wear down {vb}
desgastar(also: agotar, desgastarse, gastarse, rozarse)
to wear out {vb}
desgastar(also: erosionar)
to erode[eroded · eroded] {vb}
Si así van a ir las cosas en política, pienso que vamos por mal camino y que la democracia en Europa se está desgastando cada vez más.
If that is the shape of things to come in politics, I think we have taken the wrong turn and democracy in Europe is increasingly being eroded.
Los derechos humanos, como usted bien sabe, se incumplen con demasiada frecuencia, y ese desgaste de debe en primer lugar a intereses políticos partidistas.
Human rights, as you well know, are often far too eroded, and this erosion is primarily for party political advantage.
desgastar
to wear … down {vb}

SYNONYMS
Synonyms (Spanish) for "desgastar":
desgastar
ajar- alisar- deteriorar- erosionar- esmerilar- gastar- lijar- limar- pulimentar- pulir- raspar- suavizar
CONTEXT EXAMPLES
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Esto implica que en el futuro no podrá emplearse en la Unión Europea la táctica que actualmente se está utilizando de desgastar a las autoridades.
This means that the tactic of wearing down the authorities that is currently practised will be prohibited in the European Union in future.
Eso es -y es también un poco el mito de Sísifo- un sube y baja infernal y sin fin, que amenaza con desgastar las fuerzas y hasta la esperanza de casi todos.
This is a hellish and never-ending rise and fall - and it is also a bit like the legend of Sisyphus - which threatens to sap the strength and even the hope of almost everyone.

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