"to gnaw" in Spanish

QUICK TRANSLATIONS

to gnaw {verb}

carcomer- comer- atormentar- roer

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TRANSLATIONS & EXAMPLES

to gnaw [gnawed · gnawed; gnawn] {verb}

to gnaw(also: to eat away)

carcomer [carcomiendo · carcomido] {v.t.}

Following the mass unemployment of the 1980s, social exclusion risks becoming the new evil which will gnaw away at Europe over the coming decade.

Tras el desempleo masivo de las décadas de los años 80 y 90, la exclusión puede convertirse en la nueva enfermedad que carcomerá Europa durante los diez próximos años.

to gnaw(also: to have dinner, to have lunch, to sup)

comer [comiendo · comido] {v.t.}

If you ever saw how calves locked in their stalls started to gnaw at the gates to get something of what they really needed, then you will know what I am talking about.

Si alguna vez han visto como las terneras encerradas en sus establos empiezan a roer las puertas para conseguir algo que realmente necesitan, sabrán de lo que estoy hablando.

to gnaw(also: to tantalize, to torture)

atormentar [atormentando · atormentado] {v.t.}

However, gnawing hunger and severe malnutrition deficiencies, even without actual hunger, is a reality even in the most prosperous Member States.

Sin embargo, atormentar las deficiencias de situaciones de desnutrición graves y de hambre, incluso sin que realmente haya hambre, es una realidad incluso en los Estados miembros más prósperos.

to gnaw(also: to nibble, to eat away, to eat away at)

roer [royendo · roído] {vb}

to gnaw at sth

roer algo

If you ever saw how calves locked in their stalls started to gnaw at the gates to get something of what they really needed, then you will know what I am talking about.

Si alguna vez han visto como las terneras encerradas en sus establos empiezan a roer las puertas para conseguir algo que realmente necesitan, sabrán de lo que estoy hablando.

CONTEXT EXAMPLES

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If this practice spreads, however, it will gnaw away at the credibility of parliamentary democracy in this House.

Si esta práctica se extiende, deteriorará la credibilidad de la democracia parlamentaria en esta Cámara.

to gnaw at sth

roer algo

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