whittle away at en el Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Traducciones de whittle away at en el diccionario inglés»español (Ir a español»inglés)

Traducciones de whittle away at en el diccionario español»inglés (Ir a inglés»español)

Traducciones de whittle away at en el diccionario inglés»español

I.whittle [ingl. am. ˈ(h)wɪdl, ingl. brit. ˈwɪt(ə)l] V. trans.

II.whittle [ingl. am. ˈ(h)wɪdl, ingl. brit. ˈwɪt(ə)l] V. intr.

I.away [ingl. am. əˈweɪ, ingl. brit. əˈweɪ] ADV. away often appears as the second element of certain verb structures in English (back away, do away with, slip away, etc.). For translations, see the relevant verb entry (back, do, slip, etc.).

II.away [ingl. am. əˈweɪ, ingl. brit. əˈweɪ] ADJ. atrbv.

Véase también: wipe away, waste away, wash away, take away, fire away, fade away, die away, blow away

wipe away V. [ingl. am. waɪp -, ingl. brit. wʌɪp -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o) (remove)

waste away V. [ingl. am. weɪst -, ingl. brit. weɪst -] (v + adv)

wash away V. [ingl. am. wɑʃ, wɔʃ -, ingl. brit. wɒʃ -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

I.take away V. [ingl. am. teɪk -, ingl. brit. teɪk -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

II.take away V. [ingl. am. teɪk -, ingl. brit. teɪk -] (v + o + adv)

III.take away V. [ingl. am. teɪk -, ingl. brit. teɪk -] (v + adv + o) ingl. brit.

fire away V. [ingl. am. ˈfaɪ(ə)r -, ingl. brit. ˈfʌɪə -] (v + adv) coloq. usu in imperative

fade away V. [ingl. am. feɪd -, ingl. brit. feɪd -] (v + adv)

die away V. [ingl. am. daɪ -, ingl. brit. dʌɪ -] (v + adv)

blow away V. [ingl. am. bloʊ -, ingl. brit. bləʊ -] argot (v + o + adv)

at [ingl. am. æt, ət, ingl. brit. at, ət] PREP.

1. at (indicating location, position):

en lo de Daniel Río Pl.

4. at (indicating time):

5.2. at (occupied with):

¿en qué andas? coloq.
darle la lata a alguien coloq.

6.1. at (with measurements, numbers, rates etc):

at a trot

7. at (because of):

a pedido de alguien amer.

whittle away at en el diccionario PONS

Traducciones de whittle away at en el diccionario inglés»español

inglés americano

Ejemplos monolingües (no verificados por la redacción de PONS)

inglés
It explores how environments whittle away at the soul and morals of the underserved.
www.washingtonpost.com
He delicately uses the chainsaw, feathering it against the trunk to whittle away at the piece.
www.theobserver.ca
On the surface, it might not seem like a big deal to see the city whittle away at its rainy-day fund.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
Just stand in a control point to take control of it and whittle away at your opposition.
business.financialpost.com
The songwriting process is sort of like automatic writing for us; make up some gibberish to go with a tune and then whittle away at it until meaning emerges.
www.digitaljournal.com
District officials were able to whittle away at that list over the summer, as others retired or quit, and financial projections at some schools changed.
sfpublicpress.org
Either a death by a thousand cuts, where you whittle away at their funding, or their support, even their office space.
abcnews.go.com
Our brains learn to whittle away at life's rough edges until we become who we are as adults.
www.theverge.com
Through deductive reasoning and the evidence provided, the pair must whittle away at the culprit's defenses until they confess.
www.kotaku.com.au
It can be a daunting task to whittle away at pages of unread e-mails, she says, a chore that can leave you wishing you hadn't come back to the office.
www.theglobeandmail.com

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