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desgastar

/desɡasˈtaɾ/ verb B2
  1. to use up or wear out (transitive)
  2. to wear down, to erode, to wear away (transitive)
  3. to wear out, to get worn out (reflexive)
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Verb forms

Infinitive
desgastar
Gerund
desgastando
Past participle
desgastado
Present (yo)
desgasto
Preterite (yo)
desgasté

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Cuando el hombre ha entrado en el último cuarto de la vida y siente ese molesto rechinar de piezas desgastadas por el uso y aun por el abuso; cuando los sentidos pierden aquella admirable precisión y congruencia que tuvieron en la edad juvenil, convirtiéndose en averiados instrumentos de física...
Recuerdos de mi vida: Mi infancia y juventud, p. 5 · C1

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