mascar

to chew

Poco a poco mascaba más arriba y tragaba el cordón.	Little by little he chewed-up and swallowed the cord.
Él no lo hacía en serio cuando mascaba las patas de la mesa.	He didn't mean it when he chewed the table legs
Moore mascaba Red Man. Moore escupió jugo por la ventanilla. Disparos superpuestos.	Moore chewed Red Man. Moore shot juice out his window. Gunshots overlapped.
Sabía que Zeke mascaba tabaco, pero él no sabía cómo hacerlo.	He knew Zeke chewed tobacco... but hejust didn't quite know how to do it himself.
El amargor crecía conforme yo mascaba, provocando un increíble fluir de saliva.	The bitterness increased as I kept on chewing, forcing an incredible flow of saliva.
Bueno, yo mascaba chicle, pero...	I mean, I was chewing gum at the time, but...
Él estaba vistiendo un pasador de wiphala y feliz mascaba coca en su oficina gubernamental.	He was wearing an indigenous wiphala flag pin and happily chewing coca leaves in his government office.
Se mascaba la raíz para despertar al espíritu animal, sus ojos se volvía brillantes y sus rostros reflejaban alegría; les entraba la risa a la mas mínima y sus cerebros se llenaban de ideas agradables.	The root was chewed and caused their animal spirits to awake, made their eyes gleam and their faces display joy and laughter. Even the simpliest circumstances would make them giggle and their brains were full of enjoyable ideas.
Un cordero pequeñito mascaba hierba en la ladera.	A little lamb was munching on some grass on the hillside.
El cachorro mascaba una ramita.	The puppy was chewing a twig.
Mascaba chicle y entonces me lo tragué sin querer.	I was chewing gum and then I swallowed it by accident.
En la comida familiar se mascaba la tensión entre los hermanos.	One could sense tension among the brothers during the family meal.