flake off

• Verbo frasal que se usa para indicar el proceso de separación de pequeños trozos finos de una superficie o su desprendimiento en capas.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of small, thin pieces breaking away from a surface or falling off in layers.

incontable · intransitivo · phrasal, inseparable

1. Peel or come off in small piecesinformal

   To come off a surface in thin, small pieces.

   descascarillarse

   • The paint is starting to flake off the wall.
   • Dry skin can flake off after sunburn.
   • The old plaster flaked off the ceiling.

   Sinónimoschip offexfoliatepeel offshedslough off

Verbo baseflake