Serious Mental Illness

общ. болезнь, заболевание; нездоровье

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7) Юридический термин: Serious Mental Illness, Seriously Mentally Impaired, Severe Mental Illness

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9) Физиология: Sensory Motor Integration, Seriously Mentally Ill

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1 illness.

enfermedades del corazón/de la piel heart/skin diseases

enfermedad de Alzheimer Alzheimer's disease

enfermedad hereditaria hereditary disease

enfermedad infecciosa infectious disease

enfermedad laboral industrial disease

enfermedad mental mental illness

enfermedad profesional occupational disease

enfermedad de transmisión sexual sexually transmitted disease

la enfermedad de las vacas locas mad cow disease

enfermedad venérea venereal disease

2 disease, ailment, illness, sickness.

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► nombre femenino

1 illness, disease, sickness

2 figurado malaise, sickness

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estar de baja por enfermedad to be off sick

enfermedad contagiosa contagious disease

enfermedad infantil children's complaint

enfermedad mental mental illness

enfermedad venérea venereal disease

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1) disease

2) illness, sickness

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1) (=estado) illness, sickness

2) [en concreto] [gen] illness, disease; (=mal) complaint, malady

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femenino illness

- enfermedad de Parkinson

- enfermedad de transmisión sexual

- enfermedad infantil/profesional/venérea

- enfermedad mental

- enfermedad nerviosa

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= disease, illness, infirmity, sickness, ill health, disorder.

Ex. For example, a fairly straightforward document such as 'A medical dictionary of diseases' would be summarized as: Medicine/Disease/Dictionary.

Ex. Thus the base could contain some facts about deficiency and illness, for example.

Ex. We must also consider those people who could and would use a library but are prevented from doing so by physical factors such as infirmity.

Ex. The induction course will give all the necessary employment details relating to such matters as the amount of leave entitlement, insurance stoppages, what to do in case of sickness, etc..

Ex. Donker Duyvis continued in that office until his enforced retirement (due to ill health) in 1959.

Ex. Consider this title 'A handbook of heart disease, blood pressure and strokes: the cause, treatment and prevention of these disorders'.

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* ausencia por enfermedad = sickness absence.

* baja por enfermedad = sick leave, sickness leave.

* con enfermedades mentales = mentally challenged.

* contraer una enfermedad = contract + disease.

* control de las enfermedades = disease control.

* embates de la enfermedad, los = ravages of disease, the.

* enfermedad adquirida = acquired disorder.

* Enfermedad + aguda = acute + Enfermedad.

* enfermedad bacteriana = bacterial disease.

* enfermedad bucal = mouth disease.

* enfermedad cardíaca = heart disease.

* enfermedad cardíaca isquémica = ischemic heart disease.

* enfermedad cardiovascular = cardiovascular disorder, cardiovascular disease.

* enfermedad cerebrovascular = cerebrovascular disease, cerebrovascular disorder.

* enfermedad congénita = congenital disorder.

* enfermedad contagiosa = infectious disease, communicable disease.

* enfermedad coronaria = coronary disease.

* enfermedad coronaria del corazón = coronary heart disease.

* enfermedad crónica = chronic disease, chronic illness.

* enfermedad cutánea = skin disease.

* enfermedad de Alzheimer = Alzheimer's disease.

* enfermedad de arteria coronaria = coronary artery disease.

* enfermedad de la lengua azul = bluetongue disease.

* enfermedad de la piel = skin disease.

* enfermedad de las vacas locas = mad cow disease.

* enfermedad de la vid = mildew.

* enfermedad del corazón = heart disease.

* enfermedad del legionario = legionnaire's disease.

* Enfermedad del Linotipista = Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI).

* enfermedad del siglo viente = twentieth-century disease.

* enfermedad del sueño = sleeping sickness.

* enfermedad del tiroide = thyroid disease.

* enfermedad de Parkinson = Parkinson's disease.

* enfermedad de Peyronie = Peyronie's disease.

* enfermedad discapacitante = crippling illness.

* enfermedad endémica = endemic illness, endemic disease.

* enfermedad física = physical illness.

* enfermedad genética = genetic disease.

* enfermedad heredada = inherited disorder, inherited illness, inherited disease.

* enfermedad infecciosa = infectious disease.

* enfermedad laboral = occupational disease.

* enfermedad mental = mental illness, mental disease, brain disorder, mental disorder.

* enfermedad neurodegenerativa = neurodegenerative disease.

* enfermedad neurológica = neurological disorder.

* enfermedad poco común = rare disease.

* enfermedad profesional = occupational disease.

* enfermedad rara = rare disease.

* enfermedad respiratoria = respiratory disease.

* enfermedad reumática = rheumatic disease.

* enfermedad reumática del corazón = rheumatic heart disease.

* enfermedad siquiátrica = psychiatric illness.

* enfermedad social = social disease.

* enfermedad terminal = terminal illness.

* enfermedad transmisible = communicable disease.

* enfermedad tropical = tropical disease.

* enfermedad vascular periférica = peripheral vascular disease.

* enfermedad venérea = venereal disease (VD).

* enfermedad viral = viral disease.

* estar de baja por enfermedad = be off work sick.

* estragos de la enfermedad, los = ravages of disease, the.

* insecto portador de enfermedad = insect vector.

* llamar al trabajo para excusarse por enfermedad = call in + sick.

* padecer enfermedad = suffer from + condition.

* prevención de enfermedades = disease prevention.

* propagar una enfermedad = spread + disease.

* seguro de enfermedad = health insurance.

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femenino illness

- enfermedad de Parkinson

- enfermedad de transmisión sexual

- enfermedad infantil/profesional/venérea

- enfermedad mental

- enfermedad nerviosa

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illness

contraer una enfermedad to contract an illness/a disease ( frml)

padece una enfermedad incurable he has an incurable disease, he is suffering from o he has an incurable illness

una enfermedad que afecta a los humanos a disease that affects humans

tras una larga enfermedad after a long o lengthy illness

está de baja por enfermedad he's off sick

enfermedades de la piel skin diseases

enfermedad contagiosa contagious disease

(Chi, Col) illness entailing high costs for treatment

coeliac disease

Alzheimer's disease

Creutzfeld-Jacob's disease

Crohn's disease

notifiable disease

degenerative disease

( fam) mad cow disease ( colloq)

( fam); glandular fever, kissing disease ( colloq)

Legionnaires' disease

sleeping sickness

Parkinson's Disease

sexually transmitted disease

Weil's disease

hereditary disease

childhood disease

mental illness

nervous disorder

occupational disease

social disease

terminal illness

venereal disease, VD

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◊ contraer una enfermedad to contract an illness/a disease (frml);

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enfermedad nf

1. [física] illness;

contraer una enfermedad to catch a disease o illness;

padecer o [m5] sufrir una enfermedad to suffer from an illness;

enfermedades pulmonares lung o Espec pulmonary diseases;

enfermedades del corazón/de la piel heart/skin diseases

enfermedad autoinmune autoimmune disease;

enfermedad congénita congenital disease;

enfermedad contagiosa contagious disease;

enfermedad de Chagas Chagas' disease;

enfermedad de Creutzfeld(t)-Jakob Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease;

enfermedad degenerativa progressive disease;

enfermedad hereditaria hereditary disease;

enfermedad incurable incurable disease;

enfermedad infecciosa infectious disease;

enfermedad inflamatoria pélvica pelvic inflammatory disease;

enfermedad laboral occupational disease;

enfermedad mental mental illness;

enfermedad notificable notifiable disease;

enfermedad obsesivo compulsiva obsessive compulsive disorder;

enfermedad de los olmos Dutch elm disease;

enfermedad de Parkinson Parkinson's disease;

enfermedad profesional occupational disease;

enfermedad del sueño sleeping sickness;

enfermedad de transmisión sexual sexually transmitted disease;

enfermedad vascular vascular disease;

enfermedad venérea venereal disease

2. [problema] ill;

una de las enfermedades de nuestra sociedad one of the ills of our society

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f illness, disease

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enfermedad nf

1) indisposición: sickness, illness

2) : disease

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enfermedad n

1. (en general) illness [pl. illnesses]

2. (grave) disease

maladie [maladi]

illness ; [de plante] disease

• maladie bénigne minor illness

• maladie grave serious illness

• maladie mortelle fatal illness

• elle est en maladie (inf) she's off sick (inf)

• en longue maladie on extended sick leave

• c'est une maladie chez lui it's a mania with him

• tu ne vas pas en faire une maladie ! (inf) don't get in such a state over it!

• mes rosiers ont la maladie (inf) my rose bushes are in a bad way (inf)

► maladie du baiser ( = mononucléose) glandular fever, kissing disease (inf)

► maladie infantile childhood disease

► maladie du légionnaire legionnaires' disease

► maladie mentale mental illness

► maladie orpheline orphan disease

► maladie de peau skin disease

► maladie professionnelle occupational disease

► maladie sexuellement transmissible sexually transmitted disease

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1) ( d'un malade) illness, disease

2) (de végétal, d'animal) disease

3) (colloq) ( manie)

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- maladie honteuse

- maladie orpheline

- maladie professionnelle

- maladie sexuellement transmissible

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1) disease, illness

2)

3) fig (= manie) sickness, obsession

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maladie nf

1 ( d'un malade) illness; ( affection) disease; Admin sickness; allocation maladie sickness benefit; congé maladie sick leave; pendant sa longue maladie during his long illness; maladies chroniques/contagieuses chronic/contagious diseases; maladie des poumons/de peau lung/skin disease; maladie vénérienne venereal disease, VD; une maladie mentale a mental illness; maladie infantile lit childhood disease; fig teething troubles (pl); il va en faire une maladie○ si tu oublies fig he'll have a fit○ if you forget; c'est une maladie de l'âme it's a sickness of the soul;

2 ( fléau) disease; la pauvreté et la maladie poverty and disease;

3 (de végétal, d'animal) disease;

4 ○( manie) mania; avoir la maladie du rangement to have a mania for tidiness; c'est une maladie chez lui he is obsessive (about it); c'est une maladie chez lui, il est toujours en retard he's got a terrible habit of always turning up late.

maladie bleue cyanosis; maladie diplomatique diplomatic illness; maladie honteuse Méd† venereal disease; fig shameful disease; maladie du légionnaire legionnaire's disease; maladie professionnelle occupational disease; maladie sexuellement transmissible, MST sexually transmitted disease, STD; maladie du sommeil sleeping sickness; maladie de la vache folle mad cow disease.

[maladi] nom féminin

1. [mauvaise santé] illness, ill health, sickness

2. [mal spécifique, MÉDECINE & MÉDECINE VÉTÉRINAIRE] illness, disease

3. BOTANIQUE disease

4. [obsession] obsession

f illness, sickness; bestimmte: disease (auch BOT. und fig.); (Leiden) complaint; (Störung) disorder; psychische Krankheit mental illness; während meiner Krankheit hat sie mich oft besucht she often came to see me while I was ill; das ist kein Computer, das ist eine Krankheit! umg. this computer is an absolute pest

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illness; sickness; complaint; disease; malady

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f -, -en (lit, fig)

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1) ((an) illness: She's suffering from kidney disease; poverty and disease.) disease

2) (a state or occasion of being unwell: There is a lot of illness in the village just now; childhood illnesses.) illness

3) (the state of being sick or ill: There seems to be a lot of sickness in the town; seasickness.) sickness

4) (an illness or disease: He is suffering from some strange malady.) malady

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1. MED (Erkrankung) illness

eine akute/chronische \Krankheit an acute/chronic illness

Alzheimer \Krankheit Alzheimer's disease

englische \Krankheit (veraltend) rickets pl

parkinsonsche \Krankheit Parkinson's disease

wegen \Krankheit due to illness

2. (Zeit einer Erkrankung) illness

3. FORST, HORT disease

▶ es ist eine \Krankheit mit jdm (fam) sb is impossible [or unbearable]

▶ eine \Krankheit sein (fam) to be unbearable [or an impossible situation]

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1) illness; (bestimmte Art, von Pflanzen, Organen) disease

2) o. Pl. (Zeit des Krankseins) illness

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Krankheit f illness, sickness; bestimmte: disease ( auch BOT etc fig); (Leiden) complaint; (Störung) disorder;

psychische Krankheit mental illness;

während meiner Krankheit hat sie mich oft besucht she often came to see me while I was ill;

das ist kein Computer, das ist eine Krankheit! umg this computer is an absolute pest

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1) illness; (bestimmte Art, von Pflanzen, Organen) disease

2) o. Pl. (Zeit des Krankseins) illness

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complaint n.

disease n.

illness n.

malady n.

sickness n.

f illness

essere/mettersi in malattia be/go on sick leave

malattia infettiva infectious disease

malattie pl della pelle skin diseases

malattie pl veneree sexually transmitted diseases

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malattia s.f.

1 sickness, illness; disease; (non grave) ailment: malattia contagiosa, contagious disease; malattie cutanee, skin diseases; malattia del sonno, sleeping sickness; malattia infettiva, infectious disease; malattia mentale, mental illness; malattie veneree, venereal diseases; malattia sociale, social disease; cura, diagnosi, sintomi di una malattia, treatment, diagnosis, symptoms of a disease; spesso le malattie si diffondono per mancanza di igiene, disease is often spread by lack of hygiene; questa malattia colpisce soprattutto il fegato, this disease affects the liver above all; è compito del medico prevenire e curare le malattie, the business of doctors is to prevent and treat illness; ha superato una grave malattia, ma è ancora debole, he has got over a serious illness, but he is still very weak; soffrire di una malattia, to suffer from a disease; prendere, contrarre una malattia, to get (o to contract) an illness // il cancro è la malattia del nostro secolo, cancer is the disease of our century; malattia del secolo, (fig.) mal du siècle // malattia professionale, del lavoro, occupational (o industrial) disease // assicurazione contro le malattie, health insurance

2 (di piante) disease

3 (fig.) (vizio, passione esagerata, mania): l'invidia è una brutta malattia, envy is a nasty trait; ha la malattia delle automobili, he's mad about cars // non farne una malattia, don't let it get you down (o don't make a tragedy out of it).

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sostantivo femminile

1) (di persona) (patologia) illness, sickness; (affezione) disease

2) fig.

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malattia

/malat'tia/

Sebbene gli equivalenti inglesi di malattia, cioè disease, illness e sickness, siano intercambiabili nella lingua parlata, illness e sickness sono i termini più generali che indicano la condizione dell'essere malato o il periodo di tempo in cui uno è malato, mentre disease è usato in ambiti più specifici: nella terminologia medica ( malattia infettiva = infectious disease), con riferimento alle parti malate del corpo umano ( malattia cardiaca = heart disease) o in varie espressioni idiomatiche ( contrarre una malattia = to catch / to contract a disease; soffrire di una malattia = to suffer from a disease). ⇒ 7

sostantivo f.

 1 (di persona) (patologia) illness, sickness; (affezione) disease; durante la sua lunga malattia during his long illness; malattia mentale mental illness; prendere una malattia to catch a disease o an illness; essere in malattia to be on sick leave o on the sick list

 2 fig. la gelosia è una brutta malattia jealousy is a terrible disease

IDIOMS

fare una malattia di to make oneself ill about o over

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COMPOUNDS

malattia della mucca pazza mad cow disease; malattia professionale industrial disease; malattia del sonno sleeping sickness.

болезн|ь - disease, illness;
~ сердца heart-disease;
~и роста growing pains.

◊ contraer una enfermedad to contract an illness/a disease (frml);

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Gen.pl. - rób

1. med., pat. disease, illness, sickness; disorder, condition; ciężka choroba serious illness; choroba wrodzona/dziedziczna/nabyta congenital/hereditary/acquired disease; choroba ostra l. o przebiegu ostrym acute disease; choroba przewlekła/chroniczna lingering/chronic illness; nieuleczalna/śmiertelna choroba incurable/fatal disease; choroba zakaźna communicable l. transmittable l. infectious l. contagious disease; choroba psychiczna l. umysłowa mental illness; choroba nowotworowa neoplastic disease; tumor; choroba pasożytnicza/bakteryjna/wirusowa parasitic/bacterial/viral disease; choroba gardła disease of the throat; choroba serca heart disease; choroba oczu eye disease; choroba przewodu pokarmowego intestinal disorder; choroba drobiu/bydła wet. poultry/cattle disease; choroby cywilizacyjne/zawodowe civilization/occupational diseases; choroba odzwierzęca zoonosis; choroba weneryczna venereal disease; atak choroby an attack of a disease; historia l. karta choroby case history l. record; nawrót choroby relapse of a disease; objawy l. symptomy choroby symptoms of a disease; przebieg choroby the course of a disease; lekarz chorób wewnętrznych internist; lekarz chorób dziecięcych pediatrician; lekarz chorób kobiecych gynecologist; cierpieć na jakąś chorobę suffer from a disease; zapaść na jakąś chorobę contract a disease; leczyć chorobę treat a disease; wyleczyć kogoś z choroby cure sb of a disease; zapobiegać chorobom prevent disease; być trawionym przez chorobę be eaten away l. consumed by a disease; być ściętym l. zwalonym z nóg przez chorobę be cut down by a disease; być trawionym przez chorobę be eaten away l. consumed by a disease; umrzeć na jakąś chorobę die of a disease.

2. pat. ( w nazwach konkretnych schorzeń) choroba Addisona Addison's disease; choroba Alzheimera Alzheimer's disease; choroba Basedowa Graves' disease; choroba Heinego-Medina poliomyelitis, infantile paralysis; choroba Parkinsona Parkinson's disease; choroba górska altitude sickness; choroba kesonowa l. dekompresyjna caisson disease l. decompression sickness; choroba nurków the bends; choroba morska/lokomocyjna sea/motion sickness; choroba nadciśnieniowa chronic hypertension; choroba popromienna radiation sickness; choroba przestrzeni agoraphobia; choroba reumatyczna rheumatic disease; choroba wieńcowa coronary disease; choroba sieroca orphan's syndrome.

3. int., pot. hell, damn; choroba jasna, co robisz! what the hell are you doing!

1 weak, dim, faint, feeble.

Toda esa situación pinta mal This whole situation looks bad.

2 atonic.

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► adjetivo

1 (persona) weak, feeble

■ está aún muy débil para caminar he's still too weak to walk

2 (ruido) faint; (luz) dim, feeble

3 LINGÚÍSTICA weak

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 weak person

► nombre masculino plural los débiles

1 the weak

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débil mental mentally retarded person, mentally deficient person

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1) weak

2) faint

3) feeble

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1. ADJ

1) [persona] [gen] weak; [extremadamente] feeble; [por mala salud o avanzada edad] frail

2) [carácter] weak; [esfuerzo] feeble, half-hearted

3) (=poco intenso) [voz, ruido] faint; [luz] dim

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a) < persona> ( físicamente) weak; ( falto de - firmeza) soft; (- voluntad) weak; <economía/ejército/gobierno> weak

b) <sonido/voz> faint; < moneda> weak; < argumento> weak; < excusa> feeble, lame; < luz> dim, faint

c) <sílaba/vocal> unstressed, weak

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= powerless, flimsy [flimsier -comp., flimsiest -sup.], shaky [shakier -comp., shakiest -sup.], weak [weaker -comp., weakest -sup.], fragile, spineless, feeble, effete, faint, frail, feckless, thin [thinner -comp., thinnest -sup.], weakling, runt, nesh, weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.], boneless.

Ex. In a world divided by ideology, by trade barriers, by military threats and nuclear fears, we librarians are not powerless.

Ex. Many paperbacks actually stand up to this usage better than the flimsy hardback covers now being produced.

Ex. The subdivision 'Discovery and Exploration' under geographic names reinforces the popularly held notion that the world outside Western Europe had no history -- and only a shaky hold on existence -- before it was 'discovered' by Western Europeans.

Ex. Problems arise from weak or outmoded structuring of subjects in the schedules of DC.

Ex. The material which carries the message is fragile.

Ex. To call a supervisor ' spineless' is to tag him as weak and therefore unfair to his really good employees.

Ex. Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.

Ex. Some teachers argue against book clubs, claiming that they bring together only a certain kind of avid reader, the literary equivalent of the religiously effete and over-pious.

Ex. As more and more copies are produced, so the amount of dye on the master is reduced layer by layer until the image on the copy paper becomes quite faint.

Ex. Previous research has demonstrated that frail elderly living in subsidized high-rise apartments have greater unmet needs than elderly who reside in traditional community housing.

Ex. The author wrings sick humor from its feckless heroes' forlorn attempts to escape from a drug habit that they do not really enjoy any longer.

Ex. Although it may be a bit thin in its use of standard academic sources of information, it is exceedingly strong on insider information and personal interviews.

Ex. According to Safire, when a slice a cake was put before him Putin said 'Sweets are for weaklings and children'.

Ex. Under the same regimens of treatment the number of runts produced varied from none to as much as 80 per cent of the litter.

Ex. Usually, half of us would sleep on the ground outside and the other half would go for the nesh option of sleeping in a tent or hut.

Ex. Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.

Ex. By running away he shows who he is -- a boneless coward who never engaged in direct confrontation with the enemy.

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* alto y débil = spindly [spindlier -comp., spindliest -sup.].

* débil de salud = poor health.

* débiles, los = little guy, the.

* en el momento más débil de Alguien = at + Posesivo + weakest.

* eslabón débil = weak link.

* hacerse el débil = sandbagging.

* luz débil = glimmer.

* más débil de la camada, el = runt of the litter, the.

* más débil del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.

* punto débil = blind spot, weak link.

* punto débil, el = chink in the armour, the.

* ser el contrincante más débil = punch above + Posesivo + weight.

* ser el punto más débil de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.

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a) < persona> ( físicamente) weak; ( falto de - firmeza) soft; (- voluntad) weak; <economía/ejército/gobierno> weak

b) <sonido/voz> faint; < moneda> weak; < argumento> weak; < excusa> feeble, lame; < luz> dim, faint

c) <sílaba/vocal> unstressed, weak

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1 ‹persona› (físicamente) weak; (falto de — firmeza) soft; (— voluntad) weak; ‹economía/ejército/gobierno› weak

es de complexión débil she has a very weak constitution

aún está débil he's still weak

es muy débil de carácter he has a very weak character

sexo

2 ‹sonido/voz› faint; ‹moneda› weak; ‹corriente› weak; ‹argumento› weak; ‹excusa› feeble, lame

da una luz muy débil it gives out a very dim o feeble o weak light

3 ( Ling) ‹sílaba/vocal› unstressed, weak

los débiles the weak

es un débil mental ( fam); he's soft in the head ( colloq)

eres un debilucho ( fam); you're a wimp ( colloq)

los económicamente débiles ( frml); those on low incomes

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a) ‹persona/economía/gobierno› weak

b) ‹sonido/voz› faint;

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♦ adj

1. [persona] [sin fuerzas] weak;

de constitución débil prone to illness, sickly;

débil de carácter of weak character

2. [voz, sonido] faint;

una débil mejoría a slight improvement;

una débil brisa movía las cortinas a slight breeze moved the curtains

3. [país, gobierno, moneda] weak;

4. [sílaba] unstressed

5. [vocal] weak [i, u]

♦ nmf

weak person;

ser un débil to be weak;

una enfermedad que ataca a los más débiles a disease which attacks the weakest o most vulnerable

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adj weak

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débil adj

: weak, feeble

♦ débilmente adv

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débil adj

1. (en general) weak

2. (ruido) faint

3. (luz) dim [comp. dimmer; superl. dimmest]

"1. head. 2. mind, mental attitude. 3. intelligence. 4. a large marble, shoooter. - ya almak slang 1. /ı/ to silence (a bothersome person). 2. to find the right person (to do a job). -sı almamak /ı/ 1. not to be able to understand. 2. to be too tired to understand. 3. not to be able to believe. -dan atmak to make up something and try to pass it off as the truth. - boşluğu cranial cavity, cavum cranii. -sı bozulmak colloq. to blow one´s top, get angry. -sı bulanmak to get confused. -yı bulmak slang to be pleasantly tipsy (from drink). -sı çalışmak to be on the ball. -yı çekmek colloq. to do some serious drinking, Brit. have a booze-up. -sından çıkarmak /ı/ to put (an idea) out of one´s head. -sına dank etmek/demek to dawn on one at last. - değiştirmek to change one´s mind; to change one´s way of thinking. - dengi 1. kindred spirit. 2. (someone) who is a kindred spirit, like-minded. -sının dikine gitmek to go one´s own way, do as one pleases. -sı dinç olmak to feel fresh and alert. -sı dönmek 1. to be confused and perplexed. 2. to feel dizzy. -sı dumanlı 1. tipsy, tight. 2. tired and confused. -sı durmak to be too tired to think. -dan gayri müsellah colloq. nutty, not quite right in the head. -sına girmek /ın/ 1. to make good sense, seem to be right (to). 2. to comprehend, understand. - göz yarmak to be awkward and unskillful. - işçisi white-collar worker. -sı işlemek to be on the ball. -sı izinli olmak slang for one´s mind to be elsewhere; to wool-gather. - kafaya vermek to put their heads together. - kalmamak /da/ to be so worn out one can´t think. -sı karışmak (for someone) to get confused. -sını kaşıyacak vakti olmamak to be too busy to think, not to have time to turn around. -sı kazan (gibi) olmak for one´s head to be ringing (from noise); to feel fuddled (after a lot of mental effort). -sını kızdırmak /ın/ to make (someone´s) blood boil. -sı kızmak to get angry. -dan kontak colloq. cracked, nutty, touched in the head. -sına koymak /ı/ to get hold of (some idea); to take it into one´s head (to do something). -sını kullanmak to use one´s head. -sını kurcalamak /ın/ to make (one) think. - patlatmak to do a lot of hard mental work. -dan sakat colloq. cracked, nutty, touched in the head. - sallamak to rubber-stamp everything, be a yes-man. -sına sığmamak not to be able to comprehend. -sında şimşek çakmak to get a sudden inspiration. - şişirmek (for noise, a complicated problem) to drive one crazy, make one unable to think straight. -sı şişmek for one´s head to be ringing (from noise); to feel fuddled (after a lot of mental effort). -sına takılıp kalmak to stick in one´s mind, not to leave one´s mind. -sı taşa çarpmak to learn something the hard way. -sını taştan taşa çarpmak/vurmak 1. to regret bitterly a lost opportunity. 2. to feel very remorseful. - tutmak /a/ to defy; to oppose challengingly. -yı tütsülemek slang to get tight, get tipsy. - ütülemek slang to talk someone to death, talk someone´s ear off. -sına vur, ekmeğini elinden al. colloq. He is so meek you can walk all over him. -sına vura vura by force. -sına vurmak (for drink) to go to one´s head. -sını vurmak /ın/ to behead. -yı (yere) vurmak 1. to hit the sack, hit the hay. 2. to take to one´s bed, get laid up (owing to illness). - vuruşu soccer header. - yağı slang sperm, semen. -sı yerinde olmamak to wool-gather; for one´s mind to be elsewhere. -sı yerine gelmek to come back to earth; to start thinking straight again. - yormak to ponder, think hard, rack one´s brains."