scrape

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scrape
[skreɪp]
sustantivo
1rascada (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
3rayar, 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
5chirriar (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)
1Raer, raspar la superficie de alguna cosa para quitar o borrar algo de ella (to rasp). (n)
2Arañar, recoger con afán de varias partes y en pequeñas porciones lo necesario para algún fin; amontonar poco a poco. (n)
3Hacer un ruido desagradable tocando en la superficie de una cosa; rascar o tocar mal un instrumento. (n)
4Hacer 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
1Raspadura, acción y efecto de raspar; ruido de raspar, roce de los pies en el suelo.
2Enredo, maraña; embarazo, dificultad, berenjenal, empeño, lance apretado.
3Cortesía tosca o con poca gracia 4.
4Lío, aprieto, apuro.
  • I am out of the -> zafé el cuerpo, salí de enredos
Riña.

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scrape [skreɪp]
noun
1 (act) raspado; (m) raspadura; (f) (sound) chirrido; (m) (mark) arañazo; (m) rasguño; (m)
to give sth a scrape raspar algo; limpiar algo raspándolo; to give one's knee a scrape rasguñarse la rodilla
2 lío; (m) aprieto; (m)
to get into/out of a scrape meterse en/salir de un lío aprieto;or to get sb out of a scrape sacar a algn de un lío aprieto;or
verb:transitive
[+knee, elbow] arañarse; rasguñarse; (clean) [+vegetables] raspar; limpiar; [+walls, woodwork] raspar
to scrape on/along/against sth arrastrar en/a lo largo de/contra algo; the lorry scraped the wall el camión rozó el muro; to scrape one's boots limpiarse las botas; to scrape one's plate clean dejar completamente limpio el plato; to scrape a living sacar lo justo para vivir; the ship scraped the bottom el barco rozó el fondo; to scrape one's feet across the floor arrastrar los pies por el suelo
to scrape the bottom of the barrel tocar fondo
verb:intransitive
(make sound) chirriar; (rub)
to scrape (against) pasar rozando; to scrape past pasar rozando; we just managed to scrape through the gap nos costó pasar por la abertura sin tocar las paredes

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Verb Conjugation for "scrape"

Imperative
  • scrape
  • you scrape
  • he/she scrapes
  • we scrape
  • you scrape
  • they scrape
Preterite
  • I scraped
  • you scraped
  • he/she scraped
  • we scraped
  • you scraped
  • they scraped
Present Continuous
  • I am scraping
  • you are scraping
  • he/she is scraping
  • we are scraping
  • you are scraping
  • they are scraping
Present Perfect
  • I have scraped
  • you have scraped
  • he/she has scraped
  • we have scraped
  • you have scraped
  • they have scraped
Past Continuous
  • I was scraping
  • you were scraping
  • he/she was scraping
  • we were scraping
  • you were scraping
  • they were scraping
Past Perfect
  • I had scraped
  • you had scraped
  • he/she had scraped
  • we had scraped
  • you had scraped
  • they had scraped
Future
  • I will scrape
  • you will scrape
  • he/she will scrape
  • we will scrape
  • you will scrape
  • they will scrape
Future Perfect
  • I will have scraped
  • you will have scraped
  • he/she will have scraped
  • we will have scraped
  • you will have scraped
  • they will have scraped
Future Continuous
  • I will be scraping
  • you will be scraping
  • he/she will be scraping
  • we will be scraping
  • you will be scraping
  • they will be scraping
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been scraping
  • you have been scraping
  • he/she has been scraping
  • we have been scraping
  • you have been scraping
  • they have been scraping
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been scraping
  • you will have been scraping
  • he/she will have been scraping
  • we will have been scraping
  • you will have been scraping
  • they will have been scraping
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been scraping
  • you had been scraping
  • he/she had been scraping
  • we had been scraping
  • you had been scraping
  • they had been scraping
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