scrape

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈskreɪp/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/skreɪp/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(skrāp)

Inflections of 'scrape' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
scrapes
v 3rd person singular
scraping
v pres p
scraped
v past
scraped
v past p
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
scrape n(scratch on body)rasguño nm
  arañazo nm
  raspón nm
 Anne fell off her bike and has a scrape on her elbow.
 Anne se cayó de la bici y se hizo un rasguño en el codo.
scrape [sth] vtr(scratch)arañar vtr
  rayar vtr
  raspar vtr
 Carl tried to get into a parking space that was too small and scraped the side of the car.
 Carl intentó aparcar en un espacio demasiado pequeño y arañó el coche.
scrape [sth] vtr(knee, elbow: graze) (rodillas)rasparse v prnl
  rasguñarse v prnl
  arañarse v prnl
 Anne scraped her elbow when she fell off her bike.
 Anne se raspó el codo al caerse de la bicicleta.
scrape [sth] vtr(move sharp object across [sth])raspar vtr
 Janet scraped the windscreen until it was free of ice.
 Janet raspó el parabrisas hasta que quitó todo el hielo.
scrape ninformal (difficult situation)apuro nm
  aprieto nm
 (informal)lío nm
 Paul got himself into a scrape when he went to Italy without taking enough money with him.
 Paul se vio en un apuro cuando se fue a Italia sin el dinero suficiente.
scrape n(dragging movement)arrastre nm
scrape n(noise of dragging movement)chirrido nm
 Karen winced at the scrape of her chair on the tiled floor.
 Karen se estremeció con el chirrido de la silla contra el piso.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
scrape [sth] vtr(copy website data) (Informática)raspar vtr
 This tool can be used to scrape data, including HTML code, from a web page.
 Esta herramienta sirve para raspar datos, incluso códigos HTML, de un sitio web.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Locuciones verbales
InglésEspañol
scrape by,
scrape along
vi phrasal
(succeed with difficulty)arreglárselas v prnl
 Everyone thought Rosie would fail the exam, but she scraped by.
scrape by,
scrape along
vi phrasal
(barely have money to survive)ir tirando loc verb
  subsistir vi
scrape through (UK),
scrape by (US)
vi phrasal
figurative, informal (only just succeed) (examen. coloquial)aprobar por los pelos, aprobar por un pelo loc verb
  pasar por los pelos, pasar por un pelo loc verb
  aprobar raspando loc verb
  pasar raspando loc verb
scrape through [sth] (UK),
scrape by [sth] (US)
vtr phrasal insep
figurative, informal (only just succeed in [sth](examen, coloquial)aprobar por los pelos, aprobar por un pelo loc verb
  pasar por los pelos, pasar por un pelo loc verb
 Lily scraped through her History exam with 41%.
scrape [sth] together,
scrape together [sth],
scrape [sth] up,
scrape up [sth]
vtr phrasal sep
(struggle to gather [sth])juntar vtr
  reunir vtr
 If we had only scraped together a little more money, we'd be living in our dream house.
 Jim and Emily managed to scrape up the deposit for the flat they wanted.
 Si hubiésemos juntado un poco más de dinero, estaríamos viviendo en la casa de nuestros sueños.
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Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
bow and scrape v exprfigurative (be servile)rebajarse v prnl
scrape [sth] away,
scrape away [sth]
vtr + adv
(remove by scratching)rascar vtr
  pelar vtr
scrape [sth] off,
scrape off [sth]
vtr + adv
(remove by scratching, rubbing)raspar vtr
 You can scrape off the top layer of paint with a nail file to see the original color underneath.
 Puedes raspar la primera capa de pintura con una lima de uñas para ver el color original que hay debajo.
 (AR)rasquetear vtr
 Puedes rasquetear la primera capa de pintura con una lima de uñas para ver el color original que hay debajo.
  rascar vtr
 Puedes rascar la primera capa de pintura con una lima de uñas para ver el color original que hay debajo.
scrape [sth] out,
scrape out [sth]
vtr + adv
(empty by scraping)raspar vtr
 (ES)rebañar, arrebañar vtr
 Paul put the knife into the jar and scraped out the last of the peanut butter.
 Paul metió el cuchillo dentro del jarro y raspó hasta lo último de la mantequilla de maní.
  ss vtr
scrape [sth] out,
scrape out [sth]
vtr + adv
(extract by scraping)raspar vtr
 (ES)rebañar, arrebañar vtr
scrape out a living v expr(obtain daily necessities with difficult)ir tirando loc verb
 Even with two jobs, she barely made enough to scrape out a living.
 Aun con dos empleos, ella apenas puede ir tirando.
  malvivir vi
 Aun con dos empleos, ella apenas puede malvivir.
  salir adelante loc verb
 Aun con dos empleos, ella apenas puede salir adelante.
 (CL)vivir al tres y al cuatro loc verb
 Aun con dos empleos, ella apenas puede vivir al tres y al cuatro.
scrape out an existence,
scratch out an existence,
eke out an existence
v expr
(obtain daily necessities with difficult)ganarse la vida a duras penas loc verb
 (CL)vivir a medio morir saltando loc verb
 She managed to scrape out an existence by working three low-paying jobs.
 Ella logra ganarse la vida a duras penas trabajando en tres empleos mal pagados.
  sobrevivir vi
  arreglárselas v prnl
 Ella logra sobrevivir trabajando en tres empleos mal pagados.
scrape the bottom of the barrel v exprfigurative, informal (resort to [sth], [sb] inferior)conformarse con lo que hay loc verb
  arreglarse con lo que hay loc verb
  elegir de entre lo peor, elegir de entre lo que queda loc verb
 (figurado)apurar las sobras, apurar los restos loc verb
Note: Commonly used in continuous tenses
scrape up [sth],
scrape [sth] up
vtr + adv
(pick up using [sth] sharp, flat)levantar con espátula vtr + loc adv
 The gardener used a trowel to scrape up the dog mess he had found on the lawn.
 El jardinero usó una espátula para levantar con espátula la porquería de perro que encontró en el jardín.
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Collocations: [have, got] a scrape on her [knee, elbow], was covered in scrapes, got a scrape from the [fall, accident], more...

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