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
Argentina
Experience in technical translations
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
desgastante
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
History
La naturaleza repetitiva de la vida monástica era desgastante.
Proposed translations
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| 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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Note added at 2005-07-14 17:08:19 (GMT)
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Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement."
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Gloria Carranza
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
United States
In the business, since 1983...
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
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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Muriel Vasconcellos
: Like Jane, I like "wearisome" and "taxing."
4 hrs
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+5
8 mins
JaneTranslates
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Native in English
Specializes in field
Puerto Rico
Quality and Integrity
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English, English to Spanish, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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8
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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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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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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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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Claudia Luque Bedregal
: draining me parece la mejor opción
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That makes 5 of us! thanks, clb
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