wear down

English

Verb

To cause (someone) physical or mental fatigue.
The eight hour shift in the mine began to wear Tim down after a few months.
To eventually persuade or defeat (someone) through persistent effort.
At first she refused to buy the kids sweets, but eventually they wore her down.
Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see wear,‎ down.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:fatigue

Translations

to cause physical or mental fatigue

Catalan: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 使疲勞, 使疲劳 (shǐ píláo), 使厭煩, 使厌烦 (shǐ yànfán)
Dutch: verslijten (nl)
Finnish: rasittaa (fi)
French: fatiguer (fr)

German: verschleißen (de)
Italian: please add this translation if you can
Latin: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: gastar (pt)
Russian: изма́тывать (ru) impf (izmátyvatʹ), измота́ть (ru) pf (izmotátʹ), утомля́ть (ru) impf (utomljátʹ), утоми́ть (ru) pf (utomítʹ)
Spanish: desgastar (es)

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