Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
desgastante
English translation:
wearing, consuming, weakening
Added to glossary by
Oso (X)
Jul 14, 2005 17:04
19 yrs ago
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Spanish term
desgastante
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
History
La naturaleza repetitiva de la vida monástica era desgastante.
Proposed translations
(English)
4 +8 | wearing, consuming, weakening |
Oso (X)
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5 +5 | exhausting gruelling taxing wearisome |
MSuderman
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4 +5 | debilitating, fatiguing, draining, wearisome, |
JaneTranslates
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5 | travailing |
Gloria Carranza
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Proposed translations
+8
2 mins
Selected
wearing, consuming, weakening
Un par de ideas.
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)
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Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)
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Note added at 2005-07-14 17:08:19 (GMT)
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Simon & Schuster\'s Bilingual Dictionary©
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement."
7 mins
travailing
According to Merriam Webster: travail
Text: to devote serious and sustained effort <Labor Day is the day on which we recognize those men and women who daily travail with little appreciation or compensation>
Just another suggestion. I personally like this best.
Text: to devote serious and sustained effort <Labor Day is the day on which we recognize those men and women who daily travail with little appreciation or compensation>
Just another suggestion. I personally like this best.
+5
8 mins
exhausting gruelling taxing wearisome
this is becoming a whole thesaurus of options
Peer comment(s):
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JaneTranslates
: I like "wearisome" (which I also listed) and "taxing" (which I didn't) the best.
13 mins
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agree |
Cecilia Della Croce
: wearisome
19 mins
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agree |
Michele Fauble
31 mins
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agree |
Maria_Elena Garcia Guevara
: exhausting - Just simple
1 hr
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agree |
Muriel Vasconcellos
: Like Jane, I like "wearisome" and "taxing."
4 hrs
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+5
8 mins
debilitating, fatiguing, draining, wearisome,
A few more options.
Peer comment(s):
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George Rabel
: muchas buenas ipciones aportada por todos. Me quedo con "draining"
6 mins
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I like that one, too, and Michelle's "taxing." Thank you much, George!
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agree |
Cecilia Della Croce
: wearisome
19 mins
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Thanks, Cecilia. I think it's the most accurate translation, if it's not too old-fashioned.
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agree |
Xenia Wong
: I love the word "draining"....
28 mins
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I don't envy María Eugenia the task of choosing! Thanks much, Xen.
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agree |
Muriel Vasconcellos
: I like "draining" very much, and also "wearisome." Yep, "draining" is definitely the answer!
4 hrs
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You and George and Xen have convinced me! "Draining" it is (IMHO, at least). Thanks, Muriel.
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agree |
Claudia Luque Bedregal
: draining me parece la mejor opción
6 hrs
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That makes 5 of us! thanks, clb
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