gnawing in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for gnawing in the English»Spanish Dictionary

gnawing [Am ˈnɔɪŋ, Brit ˈnɔː(r)ɪŋ] ADJ

gnawing pain

lacerante

gnawing pain

persistente

gnawing hunger

persistente

gnawing doubt/anxiety/remorse

que atormenta

gnawing doubt/anxiety/remorse

que corroe por dentro

I.gnaw [Am nɔ, Brit nɔː] VB trans

gnaw animal:

gnaw

roer

the dog was gnawing a bone

el perro roía un hueso

he was gnawed by doubts

lo atormentaban las dudas

II.gnaw [Am nɔ, Brit nɔː] VB intr

to gnaw at sth animal:

roer algo

he gnawed at his fingernails

se comía las uñas

her conscience kept gnawing at her

no dejaba de remorderle la conciencia

Translations for gnawing in the Spanish»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

roedor (roedora)

gnawing attr

roer

to gnaw (at)

roer

to gnaw at

el remordimiento le roía las entrañas

remorse was gnawing o eating away at him

lo atormentaba una sed/un hambre acuciante

he was tormented by a raging thirst/a gnawing hunger

la curiosidad que lo acuciaba

the curiosity that was gnawing away at him

aguijonear sospecha/incertidumbre:

to gnaw at

como un cáncer que le come las entrañas liter

like a cancer gnawing away at his insides

gnawing in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for gnawing in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.gnawing ADJ

gnawing

persistente

gnawing pain

punzante

gnawing doubt

que atormenta

II.gnawing N no pl

gnawing

roedura f

gnawing stomach

retortijón m

I.gnaw [nɔ:, Am nɑ:] VB intr

1. gnaw (chew):

to gnaw at [or on] sth

roer algo

2. gnaw fig (deplete):

gnaw

reducir

to gnaw away at sth

agotar algo

3. gnaw (bother):

gnaw

molestar

to gnaw at sb

molestar a alguien

II.gnaw [nɔ:, Am nɑ:] VB trans

1. gnaw (chew):

gnaw

roer

2. gnaw fig (pursue):

to be gnawed by doubt/fear/guilt

ser asaltado por las dudas/el miedo/el sentimiento de culpa

gnaw away VB trans

gnaw away

roer

Translations for gnawing in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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roer algo

to gnaw at sth

gnawing Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to gnaw at [or on] sth

roer algo

to gnaw away at sth

agotar algo

to gnaw at sb

molestar a alguien

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Burning or gnawing feeling in the stomach area lasting between 30 minutes and 3 hours commonly accompanies ulcers.

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Gnawing the intestines usually resulted in a few hours of agonizing pain for the victim.

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Shrews have sharp, spike-like teeth, not the familiar gnawing front incisor teeth of rodents.

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It makes its own clothes by gnawing up leaves and sewing them together with adhesive thread from its mouth.

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They live among spun leaves and mine the leaves from this position by gnawing irregular, more or less oval holes in the epidermis.

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Many published versions of the game say this is done by the rat crawling in the elephant's ear and gnawing at his brains.

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Hearing it roaring, the mouse remembers its clemency and frees it by gnawing through the ropes.

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In others, the larvae feed alongside adults by gnawing out shallow depressions on the fruiting bodies of fungi.

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She escaped from captivity by gnawing through her own thumb to get out of the handcuffs.

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They have two incisors in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing.

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