noun coarse sand sorra , arena dust pols figurative courage valor endurance aguant , resistència firmness of character fermesa transitive verb teeth fer carrisquejar , fer escarritxar to grit one's teeth and bear it mossegar-se la llengua i aguantar-se
noun gemec , queixa , lament transitive verb to groan out dir gemegant intransitive verb gemegar , queixar-se , lamentar-se creak esqueixar-se to groan under sofrir a causa de