Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
carve away at each other's strength.
Spanish translation:
irían minando la fuerza uno al otro
Added to glossary by
Michael Powers (PhD)
Sep 3, 2004 17:44
19 yrs ago
English term
Spain
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carve away at each other's strength.
English to Spanish
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Context: the story in a videogame.
Years of conflict lay between the two empires, and for a long time, **they would carve away at each other's strength**.
Espero que alguien me pueda ayudar con el significado de esta expresión. No logro sacarle el sentido. :-( ¡Muchas gracias y buen finde!
Years of conflict lay between the two empires, and for a long time, **they would carve away at each other's strength**.
Espero que alguien me pueda ayudar con el significado de esta expresión. No logro sacarle el sentido. :-( ¡Muchas gracias y buen finde!
Proposed translations
(Spanish)
| 4 +2 | irían minando la fuerza uno al otro |
Michael Powers (PhD)
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| 5 | iban mermando sus fuerzas unos a otros |
Rubén Méndez Suárez
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Proposed translations
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Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
United States
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United States
US Court Cert. 1980 Ph.D. 1981
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
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irían minando la fuerza uno al otro
"carve away" es sinónimo con "chip away"
Oxford
a (destroy gradually) (colloq) to chip away AT sth: they chipped away at his authority fueron minando or socavando su autoridad
Mike :)
Oxford
a (destroy gradually) (colloq) to chip away AT sth: they chipped away at his authority fueron minando or socavando su autoridad
Mike :)
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Muchas gracias."
5 hrs
Rubén Méndez Suárez
Spain
Spain
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Spain
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Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain) 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish, and 1 more.
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17
iban mermando sus fuerzas unos a otros
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