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falto de - firmeza

  • 1 inseguro

    adj.
    1 insecure, in the air, dubious, groping.
    2 doubtful, worrisome.
    3 uncertain, doubtful, unlikely, improbable.
    4 unsafe, precarious.
    5 unsteady, waggling, waggly.
    * * *
    1 (sin confianza) insecure
    2 (que duda) uncertain
    3 (peligroso) unsafe
    * * *
    (f. - insegura)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=peligroso) [zona, negocio, conducción] unsafe
    2) (=sin confianza) insecure
    3) (=sin estabilidad) [paso, estructura] unsteady
    4) (=incierto) [clima] unpredictable; [persona] uncertain, unsure (de about, of)
    [futuro] insecure
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo
    a) ( falto de confianza) insecure
    b) (falto de firmeza, estabilidad) unsteady
    c) <situación/futuro> insecure
    d) <ciudad/barrio> unsafe, dangerous
    * * *
    = insecure, uncertainly, faltering, unsecured, unsafe, wobbly [wobblier -comp., wobbliest -sup.].
    Ex. The public library, then, faces the future from a somewhat insecure position.
    Ex. 'Look, you want to do this, don't you?' he coaxed her and she nodded uncertainly.
    Ex. In hindsight, it is easy to see a trajectory of inevitability that made MARC, the ISBDs, and AACR2 seem more the result of historical forces than the often faltering and separate steps they were in truth.
    Ex. This will leave you with the choice of locking out a bunch of users or leaving your network unsecured.
    Ex. However, the Internet is perceived as an unsafe medium for the valuable and sensitive information in business transactions.
    Ex. The conference had a wobbly start in 1997 but has since grown increasingly stronger and has had its best ever year with over 650 attendees.
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo
    a) ( falto de confianza) insecure
    b) (falto de firmeza, estabilidad) unsteady
    c) <situación/futuro> insecure
    d) <ciudad/barrio> unsafe, dangerous
    * * *
    = insecure, uncertainly, faltering, unsecured, unsafe, wobbly [wobblier -comp., wobbliest -sup.].

    Ex: The public library, then, faces the future from a somewhat insecure position.

    Ex: 'Look, you want to do this, don't you?' he coaxed her and she nodded uncertainly.
    Ex: In hindsight, it is easy to see a trajectory of inevitability that made MARC, the ISBDs, and AACR2 seem more the result of historical forces than the often faltering and separate steps they were in truth.
    Ex: This will leave you with the choice of locking out a bunch of users or leaving your network unsecured.
    Ex: However, the Internet is perceived as an unsafe medium for the valuable and sensitive information in business transactions.
    Ex: The conference had a wobbly start in 1997 but has since grown increasingly stronger and has had its best ever year with over 650 attendees.

    * * *
    1 (falto de confianza) insecure, unconfident
    2 (falto de firmeza, estabilidad) ‹persona› unsteady; ‹estructura› unsteady, unstable
    3 ‹situación/futuro› insecure
    4 ‹ciudad/barrio› unsafe, dangerous
    * * *

    inseguro
    ◊ -ra adjetivo


    b) (falto de firmeza, estabilidad) unsteady

    c) ‹situación/futuro› insecure

    d) ‹ciudad/barrio› unsafe, dangerous

    inseguro,-a adjetivo
    1 (sin confianza) insecure
    2 (vacilante) uncertain
    3 (peligroso) unsafe
    ' inseguro' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bambolearse
    - insegura
    - incierto
    English:
    insecure
    - rocky
    - shaky
    - uneasy
    - unsafe
    - unsure
    - hesitant
    - unsteadily
    - unsteady
    * * *
    inseguro, -a adj
    1. [sin confianza] insecure
    2. [dudoso] uncertain (de about), unsure (de of o about)
    3. [no estable] unsafe, unstable
    4. [peligroso] unsafe
    * * *
    adj
    1 persona insecure
    2 estructura unsteady
    3 ( peligroso) dangerous, unsafe
    * * *
    inseguro, -ra adj
    1) : insecure
    2) : unsafe
    3) : uncertain
    * * *
    1. (persona, trabajo) insecure
    2. (lugar, coche) unsafe / not safe
    3. (paso, voz) unsteady [comp. unsteadier; superl. unsteadiest]
    4. (tiempo, futuro) uncertain

    Spanish-English dictionary > inseguro

  • 2 débil

    adj.
    1 weak, dim, faint, feeble.
    Toda esa situación pinta mal This whole situation looks bad.
    2 atonic.
    * * *
    1 (persona) weak, feeble
    2 (ruido) faint; (luz) dim, feeble
    1 weak person
    1 the weak
    \
    débil mental mentally retarded person, mentally deficient person
    * * *
    adj.
    1) weak
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [persona] [gen] weak; [extremadamente] feeble; [por mala salud o avanzada edad] frail

    se encuentra un poco débil de salud — his health is rather frail, he is in rather poor health

    2) [carácter] weak; [esfuerzo] feeble, half-hearted
    3) (=poco intenso) [voz, ruido] faint; [luz] dim
    2.
    SMF
    económicamente
    * * *
    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
    * * *
    = 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.
    * * *
    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
    * * *
    = 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.
    * 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.

    * * *
    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
    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
    * * *

     

    débil adjetivo
    a) ‹persona/economía/gobierno› weak

    b) ‹sonido/voz› faint;

    ‹moneda/argumento› weak;
    ‹ excusa› feeble, lame;
    ‹ luz› dim, faint;
    ‹sílaba/vocal› unstressed, weak
    débil
    I adj (fuerza, salud) weak, feeble: el argumento era muy débil, his reasoning was flawed
    es muy débil de carácter, she is very weak
    es muy débil con sus alumnos, he is lenient with his students o he is over-indulgent with his students
    (intensidad de luz o sonido) faint
    punto débil, weak spot
    II mf
    1 weak person: el fuerte oprime al débil, the powerful opress the weak
    2 (blandengue) wimp: eres una débil, no aguantas nada el calor, don't be such a wimp, it's not even hot
    ' débil' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    A
    - alicaída
    - alicaído
    - flaca
    - flaco
    - flojear
    - goteo
    - talón
    - tenue
    - blando
    - flojo
    - lánguido
    - pelele
    - sexo
    English:
    A
    - an
    - anaemic
    - and
    - as
    - be
    - chink
    - dim
    - do
    - failing
    - faint
    - feather
    - feeble
    - frail
    - from
    - infirm
    - limp
    - link
    - shaky
    - shall
    - should
    - tenuous
    - than
    - that
    - them
    - thin
    - to
    - weak
    - were
    - what
    - whatever
    - wimp
    - wimpish
    - would
    - you
    - your
    - yourself
    - fragile
    - glimmer
    - hole
    - low
    - muted
    - run
    - spindly
    - spineless
    - weakly
    - weakness
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [persona] [sin fuerzas] weak;
    [condescendiente] lax, lenient;
    de constitución débil prone to illness, sickly;
    débil de carácter of weak character
    2. [voz, sonido] faint;
    [luz] dim, faint;
    una débil mejoría a slight improvement;
    una débil brisa movía las cortinas a slight breeze moved the curtains
    3. [país, gobierno, moneda] weak;
    [argumento, teoría] weak, lame
    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
    * * *
    adj weak
    * * *
    débil adj
    : weak, feeble
    ♦ débilmente adv
    * * *
    débil adj
    1. (en general) weak
    2. (ruido) faint
    3. (luz) dim [comp. dimmer; superl. dimmest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > débil

  • 3 inconsistente

    adj.
    1 flimsy, insubstantial.
    2 inconsistent, unconnected, incongruent, incoherent.
    3 immaterial.
    f. & m.
    inconsistent person.
    * * *
    1 (sin firmeza) flimsy
    2 (sin rigor) weak
    * * *
    adj.
    inconsistent, weak
    * * *
    ADJ (=irregular) [de superficie] uneven; [argumento] weak; [tierra] loose; [tela] flimsy; [masa] lumpy
    * * *
    a) < material> flimsy, weak
    b) < argumento> ( falto de solidez) weak, flimsy; ( falto de coherencia) inconsistent, flawed
    * * *
    = inconsistent, flighty [flightier -comp., flightiest -sup.], spotty.
    Ex. Trivial words can be suppressed and inconsistent spellings handled at the input stage.
    Ex. 'Anyway, to make a long story short, Huish said he knows Lisa has been a little flighty at times'.
    Ex. Enforcement of library policies is spotty at best.
    ----
    * de un modo inconsistente = vagrantly.
    * ser inconsistente = Negativo + hold + water.
    * * *
    a) < material> flimsy, weak
    b) < argumento> ( falto de solidez) weak, flimsy; ( falto de coherencia) inconsistent, flawed
    * * *
    = inconsistent, flighty [flightier -comp., flightiest -sup.], spotty.

    Ex: Trivial words can be suppressed and inconsistent spellings handled at the input stage.

    Ex: 'Anyway, to make a long story short, Huish said he knows Lisa has been a little flighty at times'.
    Ex: Enforcement of library policies is spotty at best.
    * de un modo inconsistente = vagrantly.
    * ser inconsistente = Negativo + hold + water.

    * * *
    1 ‹material› flimsy, weak
    2 ‹argumento› (falto de solidez) weak, flimsy, insubstantial; (falto de coherencia) inconsistent
    * * *

    inconsistente adjetivo
    a) ‹ material› flimsy, weak


    ( falto de coherencia) inconsistent, flawed
    inconsistente adjetivo flimsy
    (argumento) weak: tus explicaciones son inconsistentes, your explanation is ill-founded
    ' inconsistente' also found in these entries:
    English:
    insubstantial
    * * *
    flimsy, insubstantial
    * * *
    adj flimsy, weak
    * * *
    1) : weak, flimsy
    2) : watery, runny (of a sauce, etc.)
    3) : inconsistent, weak (of an argument)

    Spanish-English dictionary > inconsistente

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