Translation for "rubbing off" to spanish
Rubbing off
Translation examples
I moved from shelf to shelf, rubbing off the thick-ridged book spines.
Correteé de una estantería a otra, frotando los lomos de los libros, unidos por una espesa capa de suciedad.
They were not much bigger than a nailhead, and were parallel and symmetrical and could not be rubbed off.
No eran mucho más grandes que la cabeza de un clavo, eran paralelas y simétricas y resultaba imposible quitarlas frotando.
There were smears of hen manure and bits of straw stuck to them, waiting to be rubbed off with steel wool. What things?
Tenían manchas de estiércol de gallina y trozos de paja pegados, que habría que quitar frotando con una esponja de acero. ¿Qué cosas?
A couple of the wine-coloured streaks turned out to be surface only – dried bloodstains that I rubbed off with a wet finger.
Un par de las vetas de color vino resultaron ser sólo superficiales, manchas de sangre secas que quité frotando con un dedo húmedo.
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