Spanish-English translations for desgastar

• abrade
• fray
  The ribbon frayed at the cut end.
  The hectic day ended in frayed nerves. (Metaphorical use; nerves are visualised as strings
  Though they did not know the reason for the dispute, they did not hesitate to leap into the fray.
• wear down
  The eight hour shift in the mine began to wear Tim down after a few months.
  At first she refused to buy the kids sweets, but eventually they wore her down.
• wear out
  Youre going to wear out that game if you keep playing so rough with it.
  He wears a pair of tennis shoes out every summer.
  The old tractor finally wore out.

Related words

• desgastado
• desgastada
• desgastarse