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1 languish
'læŋɡwiʃ(to grow weak; to waste away.) languidecer, consumirsetr['læŋgwɪʃ]1 languidecer (in prison) pudrirselanguish ['læŋgwɪʃ] vi1) weaken: languidecer, debilitarse2) pine: consumirse, suspirar (por)to languish for love: suspirar por el amorhe languished in prison: estuvo pudriéndose en la cárcelv.• languidecer v.• marchitar v.• mostrarse sentimental v.• pudrir v.'læŋgwɪʃintransitive verb (liter) languidecer*, consumirse; ( in prison) pudrirse*['læŋɡwɪʃ]VI1) (=pine) languidecer, consumirse2) (in prison) pudrirsethe results of her research languished for years before action was taken — los resultados de su investigación cayeron en el olvido durante años antes de que se tomaran medidas
they are languishing at the bottom of the second division — están pasando sus horas más bajas en los últimos puestos de la segunda división
* * *['læŋgwɪʃ]intransitive verb (liter) languidecer*, consumirse; ( in prison) pudrirse* -
2 cárcel
cárcel sustantivo femenino ( prisión) prison, jail;
cárcel sustantivo femenino prison, jail ' cárcel' also found in these entries: Spanish: calabozo - celador - celadora - condonar - error - incomunicada - incomunicado - liberar - locutorio - meter - recluir - reclusión - acabar - aljibe - cana - encerrar - escapar - huir - imponer - interno - parar - penal - pudrir - tambo English: break out - cell - deserve - embezzlement - escape - governor - inmate - jail - languish - lockup - penitentiary - prison - riot - river - send down - than - turnkey - warden - wind up - open - send - throw - warder
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