waste away: meaning & examples

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Meanings:

  • 1.

    WorldwideneutralformalMachine
    • To become progressively thinner and weaker, especially as a result of illness, malnutrition, or prolonged grief.
    • To suffer physical emaciation or progressive loss of flesh and strength.

    Examples

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    • After months of illness, Grandpa began to waste away, becoming frail and weak.

      Después de meses de enfermedad, el abuelo empezó a consumirse, volviéndose frágil y débil.

    • She watched her dog waste away slowly due to the chronic disease.

      Ella vio cómo su perro se consumía lentamente debido a la enfermedad crónica.

    • If you don't eat properly, your body will waste away over time.

      Si no comes adecuadamente, tu cuerpo se consumirá con el tiempo.

  • 2.

    WorldwideneutralfigurativeMachine
    • To decline gradually in condition, effectiveness, strength, number, or importance; to wither or dwindle over time.

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    • The old factory began to waste away as the industry moved elsewhere.

      La antigua fábrica empezó a decaer a medida que la industria se trasladaba a otro lugar.

    • Without regular maintenance, the garden will waste away and lose its beauty.

      Sin mantenimiento regular, el jardín se marchitará y perderá su belleza.

    • The town's population is wasting away as young people leave for better opportunities.

      La población del pueblo está disminuyendo a medida que los jóvenes se van en busca de mejores oportunidades.

Examples:

  • EN: Here, at the place of his humiliation, the old man would waste away miserably for the rest of his life and here the story would, strictly speaking, be over.
    ES: Aquí, en el lugar de su humillación, el anciano se consumirá miserablemente durante el resto de su vida y aquí la historia estaría, en sentido estricto, acabada.
  • EN: #Why waste away your youth # # Searching for the naked truth #
    ES: ♪ ¿Por qué desperdiciar tu juventud en busca de la verdad?
  • EN: You, I know you, if you don't take him, you will suffer, you will mope, you won't eat, you'll waste away, and then you'll want to come for him.
    ES: Te conozco. Si no lo llevas, vas a desfallecer, a languidecer, no comerás, adelgazarás, y luego querrás venir a buscarlo.
  • EN: By then I's gonna waste away to a ghost.
    ES: Para entonces, me convertiré en un fantasma.
  • EN: Here, at the place of his humiliation, the old man would waste away miserably for the rest of his life and here the story would, strictly speaking, be over.
    ES: Aquí, en el lugar de su humillación, el anciano se consumirá miserablemente durante el resto de su vida y aquí la historia estaría, en sentido estricto, acabada.
  • EN: #Why waste away your youth # # Searching for the naked truth #
    ES: ♪ ¿Por qué desperdiciar tu juventud en busca de la verdad?
  • EN: By then I's gonna waste away to a ghost.
    ES: Para entonces, me convertiré en un fantasma.
  • EN: You, I know you, if you don't take him, you will suffer, you will mope, you won't eat, you'll waste away, and then you'll want to come for him.
    ES: Te conozco. Si no lo llevas, vas a desfallecer, a languidecer, no comerás, adelgazarás, y luego querrás venir a buscarlo.
  • EN: So that the flesh of our peoples turn into biting sores and waste away from the bones.
    ES: La carne de los nuestros se convierte en heridas dolorosas y se separa de los huesos.
  • EN: If the girl is already in love, and she will die. She will waste away...
    ES: Si la niña ya está enamorada, languidecerá.
  • EN: - We'll waste away
    ES: - Nos moriríamos de hambre
  • EN: We'll waste away!
    ES: ¡Vamos a pasar hambre!
  • EN: - I don't want to waste away.
    ES: - No quiero desperdiciar mi vida.
  • EN: To waste away may be a fleeting thing.
    ES: Puede que consumirse sea efímero.
  • EN: While I keep silent, my bones waste away because your hand weighs on me.
    ES: Mientras guardo silencio, mis huesos se consumen porque tu mano pesa sobre mí.
  • EN: They feel abandoned... and if they don't get used to it, after a while, they just waste away.
    ES: Se sienten abandonados, y si no hacen algo, después de un rato, solo esperan.
  • EN: Do you think that when she dies, Mica will smell bad, like the others, and will waste away to dust?
    ES: ¿Creéis que cuando se muera la Mica olerá mal como los demás y se deshará en polvo?
  • EN: Then, little by little, pound by pound as you waste away, so does your humanity and it disappears and you don't face death bravely.
    ES: Entonces, poco a poco, libra a libra y desaparece y usted no enfrenta la muerte valientemente.
  • EN: That means that you're under 28 years of age, you're an absolute knockout and you waste away here in a Borneo jungle,
    ES: Significa que no ha cumplido los 28 años de edad y pierde el tiempo aquí en una jungla de Borneo,

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