fret
/fɹɛt/ verbo C1En español: preocuparse, comerse la cabeza, consumir, inquietarse
- To chafe or irritate; to worry.
- To make rough, to agitate or disturb; to cause to ripple. · the brooks fretting down their channels· Don't fret the surface of the lake.
- In the form fret out: to squander, to waste.
- To gnaw; to consume, to eat away.
- To mine by agitating or eating away at (ore in the bank of a river).
- To be chafed or irritated; to be angry or vexed; to utter peevish expressions through irritation or worry.
- To be worn away; to chafe; to fray. · A wristband frets on the edges.
- To be anxious, to worry. · Do not fret, all will be well soon.
He/she/it frets · Pasado fretted · Participio pasado fretted · Forma en -ing fretting
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- fret
- He/she/it
- frets
- Pasado
- fretted
- Participio pasado
- fretted
- Forma en -ing
- fretting
De la biblioteca
He walked away again immediately, and she was left to fret over her own want of presence of mind: Charlotte tried to console her.
You have now done your duty by her, and must fret no longer.”
She was confident of having performed her duty; and to fret over unavoidable evils, or augment them by anxiety, was no part of her disposition.
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