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"Scratched" is a form of "scratch", a noun which is often translated as "el arañazo". "Scraped" is a form of "scrape", a noun which is often translated as "el rasguño". Learn more about the difference between "scratched" and "scraped" below.
scratch(
skrahch
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (scrape)
a. el arañazo (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
How did you get that scratch on your forehead?¿Cómo te hiciste ese arañazo en la frente?
b. el rasguño (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Stop crying; it's only a scratch.Deja de llorar; no es más que un rasguño.
c. el rayón (M) (on surface)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
We need to hide that scratch on the floor before dad gets here!¡Tenemos que ocultar ese rayón en el suelo antes de que llegue papá!
2. (sound)
a. el chirrido (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The scratch of a fork against a plate sets my teeth on edge.El chirrido de un tenedor contra un plato me da grima.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
3. (sports)
a. con hándicap de cero (golf)
He may be young, but he's a scratch golfer.Es verdad que es joven, pero es un golfista con hándicap de cero.
4. (haphazard)
a. improvisado
We put together a scratch team to play in the tournament on Saturday.Formamos un equipo improvisado para jugar en el torneo el sábado.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
5. (to scrape)
b. rayar
I scratched the car door against one of the columns in the parking lot.Rayé la puerta del coche contra una de las columnas del aparcamiento.
e. aruñar (colloquial) (Latin America)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
Your pet scratched my face.Tu mascota me aruñó la cara.
6. (to mark)
a. grabar
Some prisoners had scratched their names on the wall.Algunos presos habían grabado sus nombres en la pared.
a. rascarse
Jenny scratched her back with a backscratcher.Jenny se rascó la espalda con un rascador.
a. tachar
You can scratch her from the list because she's not coming.Puedes tacharla de la lista porque no va a venir.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
a. rascarse
The dog scratched all the time because of the fleas.El perro se rascaba todo el tiempo por culpa de las pulgas.
scrape(
skreyp
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. el rasguño (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Fernanda fell while playing and has a scrape on her knee now.Fernanda se cayó cuando estaba jugando y ahora tiene un rasguño en la rodilla.
b. el arañazo (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
He's got a little scrape on his elbow, but other than that, he's fine.Tiene un pequeño arañazo en el codo, pero aparte de eso, está bien.
2. (sound)
a. el chirrido (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Carla heard the scrape of a chair in the dining room.Carla oyó el chirrido de una silla en el comedor.
3. (colloquial) (predicament)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. la rascada (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Casper gave his butt a scrape on the carpet to get the dingleberry off.Casper se dio una rascada en el trasero para quitarse el pedacito de estiércol en la alfombra.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
5. (to scratch)
a. raspar
They scraped the wall while carrying the furniture up the stairs.Rasparon la pared al subir los muebles por la escalera.
b. rasparse
I accidentally scraped my scab off and now it's bleeding.Por accidente me raspé la costra y ahora está sangrando.
d. arañar
Francisco scraped my face with his stubble.Francisco me arañó la cara con su barba incipiente.
e. arañarse
David scraped his elbow when he fell off his skateboard.David se arañó el codo cuando se cayó de la patineta.
f. rayar
A shopping cart scraped the paint on my car.Un carrito de compras rayó la pintura de mi auto.
a. raspar
Yolanda scraped the carrots before adding them to the soup.Yolanda raspó las zanahorias antes de agregarlas a la sopa.
b. rascar
It took all day to scrape the old wallpaper off the wall.Le tomó todo el día rascar el viejo papel pintado de la pared.
c. restregar
Ron scraped the mud from his boots and then came inside the house.Ron restregó el lodo de las botas y luego se metió a la casa.
e. rasquetear (South America)
Regionalism used in South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela
The archaeologists carefully scraped the dirt away with a brush to reveal the tomb beneath.Los arqueólogos rasquetearon cuidadosamente la tierra con un cepillo para revelar la tumba que había debajo.
a. rozar
Don't go over the speedbump at high speed, or the car will scrape the road.No pases a toda velocidad por el badén o el auto rozará la carretera.
b. rascar
To make music with a violin, the first step is to scrape the bow across the strings.Para tocar música con un violín, el primer paso es rascar las cuerdas con el arco.
a. aprobar raspando
Sebastian scraped a pass on his final exam.Sebastián aprobó raspando el examen final.
b. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
Patrick is scraping a living in his job as a painter.Patrick se gana la vida como puede con su trabajo de pintor.
She scrapes a living as a piano teacher.Saca lo justo para vivir como maestra de piano.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
a. chirriar
I heard the car scrape against the mailbox as I backed out of the driveway.Oí el carro chirriar contra el buzón mientras salía marcha atrás de la cochera.
b. pasar por los pelos
Laura scraped through medical school, and is finally working as a doctor.Laura pasó la escuela de medicina por los pelos y por fin está trabajando como doctora.
c. aprobar raspando
Jordan was not a star student, but he scraped through.Jordan no era un estudiante estrella, pero aprobó raspando.
