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scrape [skreɪp]
sustantivo
1. rascada (f) (action); arañazo (m) (mark); arañazo (m) rasguño (m) (on skin); chirrido (m) (sound)
- to give something a scrape -> rascar algo
2. (familiar)
- to get into a scrape -> meterse en un lío or fregado (español de España)
verbo transitivo
3. rayar, arañar (scratch) (side of car); rascar, arrancar (dirt, wallpaper); raspar (vegetables)
- to scrape one's knee -> arañarse or rasguñarse la rodilla
- to scrape one's shoes -> restregar los zapatos
- to scrape one's plate clean -> rebañar el plato
- to scrape the bottom of the barrel (sentido figurado) -> tener que recurrir a lo peor
4. (barely obtain)
- I just scrape a living -> me gano la vida como puedo
- to scrape a pass -> aprobar por los pelos (in exam)
verbo intransitivo
5. chirriar (make sound)
- she was scraping away on her fiddle -> rascaba el violín con un sonido chirriante
6. (barely manage)
- to scrape home -> ganar a duras penas (in contest)
- to scrape into college -> entrar en la universidad por los pelos
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scrape [skreip]
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1. Raer, raspar la superficie de alguna cosa para quitar o borrar algo de ella (to rasp). (n)
2. Arañar, recoger con afán de varias partes y en pequeñas porciones lo necesario para algún fin; amontonar poco a poco. (n)
3. Hacer un ruido desagradable tocando en la superficie de una cosa; rascar o tocar mal un instrumento. (n)
4. Hacer cortesías o reverencias con muy poca gracia. (n)
- To scrape out -> borrar o quitar algo de la superficie de una cosa raspándola
- To scrape off -> quitar raspando
- To scrape together -> amontonar a fuerza de industria y ahorro
- To scrape acquaintance with -> insinuarse, entrar en las buenas gracias de alguien
sustantivo
1. Raspadura, acción y efecto de raspar; ruido de raspar, roce de los pies en el suelo.
2. Enredo, maraña; embarazo, dificultad, berenjenal, empeño, lance apretado.
3. Cortesía tosca o con poca gracia 4.
4. Lío, aprieto, apuro.
- I am out of the -> zafé el cuerpo, salí de enredos
Riña.
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