Scrape in spanish
Raspar
pronunciation: rɑspɑɹ̩ part of speech: verb, noun
pronunciation: rɑspɑɹ̩ part of speech: verb, noun
In gestures
scrape1 = arañazo, rasponazo, rasguño.
Example: Such scrapes can occur in many contact sports and track events.scrape2 = apuro, aprieto, lío, berenjenal.
Example: He could not understand how a person of my evident intelligence should get into such a scrape.scrape3 = raspar.
Example: And it turned out that in the same year that Holmes made that remark, Fairchild said that all you have to do is scrape an organ with the back of a scalpel to make a discovery.more:
» bow and scrape = comportarse servilmente, hacerle la pelota a, hacerle la pelotilla a, lamerle el culo a, besarle el culo a.
Example: She had a coterie of friends in Hollywood and New York who were always bowing and scraping to her for decades out of fear.» scrape + a living = ganarse la vida a duras penas, salir adelante a duras penas, sobrevivir, malvivir.
Example: A recent report finds that small business owners who employ five or less staff are, on average, barely scraping a living from all their effort.» scrape and polish = limpieza dental, limpieza bucal, profilaxis dental.
Example: I had the treatment on 7th July, which included the extraction of the molar, a filling and a scrape and polish.» scrape by = arreglárselas, valérselas, ingeniárselas, averiguárselas, subsistir, ir tirando.
Example: I am drowning in debt and barely scrape by every month.» scrape + smooth = alisar raspando.
Example: The burrs ploughed up by the graver were scraped smooth, the remaining wax was removed and the plate was ready for use.» scrape + (the bottom of) the barrel = estar en las últimas, tocar fondo.
Example: Well, friends, we were really scraping the bottom of the barrel, and there was no joy, no joy at all.» scrape + the surface = rozar la superficie, tratar superficialmente, empezar a tratar, tratar muy por encima.
Example: As is typical of Nigeria the real issue is misconstrued and completely neglected, we again continue to scrape the surface and grasp at shadows.