whittling no Dicionário de Espanhol-Inglês da Oxford

Traduções para whittling no dicionário inglês»Espanhol

I.whittle [americ ˈ(h)wɪdl, Brit ˈwɪt(ə)l] VERBO trans

whittle wood/stick:

whittle

tallar

I whittled the ends down to a point

les saqué punta a los extremos (con una navaja, un cuchillo etc)

II.whittle [americ ˈ(h)wɪdl, Brit ˈwɪt(ə)l] VERBO intr

whittle

hacer tallas

I.whittle away VERBO [americ ˈ(h)wɪdl -, Brit ˈwɪt(ə)l -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o) (reduce)

whittle away funds/resources

ir mermando

whittle away influence

ir reduciendo

whittle away influence

ir disminuyendo

whittle away rights

ir menoscabando

gambling had whittled away his savings

el juego le había ido mermando los ahorros

gambling had whittled away his savings

el juego le había ido comiendo los ahorros coloq

II.whittle away VERBO [americ ˈ(h)wɪdl -, Brit ˈwɪt(ə)l -] (v + adv)

to whittle away at sth

ir minando or socavando algo

these failures have been whittling away at her self-confidence

estos fracasos han ido minando or socavando su confianza en sí misma

he sat there whittling away at a stick

estaba allí sentado tallando una vara

whittle down VERBO [americ ˈ(h)wɪdl -, Brit ˈwɪt(ə)l -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

whittle down expenses:

whittle down

recortar

whittle down

reducir

to whittle sth down to sth we've whittled the applicants down to five

hemos reducido el número de candidatos a cinco

whittling no Dicionário PONS

Traduções para whittling no dicionário inglês»Espanhol

whittle <-ling> [ˈhwɪt̬·əl] VERBO trans

whittle

tallar

whittle down VERBO trans

whittle down

reducir gradualmente

whittle away at VERBO trans

1. whittle away at (take little bits off):

whittle away at

ir raspando

2. whittle away at fig (decrease):

whittle away at

reducir poco a poco