Translation for "hacer mella" to english
Hacer mella
verb
Translation examples
verb
La espera, el silencio, el hedor empezaron a hacer mella en los nervios.
The waiting, the silence, the smell began to tell on their nerves.
Todo aquello empezó a hacer mella en él: en palabras de Orville, «volvía a casa pálido».
And it all began to tell on him. In Orville’s words, he would “come home white.”
Quizá Ari supiera disimularlo mejor, pero también en él empezaba a hacer mella la tensión.
Perhaps he had a better way of disguising it but the pressure was beginning to tell on him too.
no podía determinar si el incendio iba a hacer mella finalmente en los soportes que mantenían al edificio.
there was no telling if the fire below eventually would weaken the supports that held up the. Building.
Trébol llevaba casi medio año diciendo cosas a Stour sin hacer mella, como quien dispara un carcaj lleno de narcisos a un hombre con armadura de placas.
Clover had been telling Stour for near half a year and made no mark, like shooting a quiver full of daffodils at a man in full plate armour.
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