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frail

  • 1 encajinado

    • frail

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > encajinado

  • 2 canijo

    • frail
    • laniary tooth
    • lank hair
    • sickly
    • stunted

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > canijo

  • 3 entelerido

    • frail
    • laniary tooth
    • lank hair

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > entelerido

  • 4 flaco

    • frail
    • gaunt
    • haft
    • haggardly
    • laniary tooth
    • lank hair
    • raw-boned
    • scraggy
    • scrawny
    • skinny

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > flaco

  • 5 mal complexionado

    • frail
    • we will see
    • weak act
    • weakling
    • weakly connected graph

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > mal complexionado

  • 6 frágil

    adj.
    1 fragile, delicate, breakable, brittle.
    2 flimsy.
    3 gracile.
    intj.
    fragile, handle with care.
    * * *
    1 (quebradizo) fragile, breakable
    2 (débil) frail, weak
    * * *
    adj.
    1) frail, delicate
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [construcción, material, objeto] fragile
    2) [anciano] frail; [salud] delicate; [acuerdo, sistema] fragile
    * * *
    a) <cristal/fuente> fragile
    b) <salud/constitución> delicate; < economía> fragile
    * * *
    = fragile, brittle, embrittled, insubstantial, frail, breakable.
    Ex. The material which carries the message is fragile.
    Ex. The survey found that 37.0% of the items are seriously deteriorated (paper is embrittled), 33.6% are moderately deteriorated (paper is becoming brittle), and 29.4% are in good condition (paper shows no signs of deterioration) = El estudio encontró que el 37,0% de las obras están muy deterioradas (el papel es quebradizo), el 33,6% están moderadamente deterioradas (el papel se está volviendo quebradizo) y el 29,4% están en buen estado (el papel no muestra señales de deterioro).
    Ex. The survey found that 37.0% of the items are seriously deteriorated (paper is embrittled), 33.6% are moderately deteriorated (paper is becoming brittle), and 29.4% are in good condition (paper shows no signs of deterioration) = El estudio encontró que el 37,0% de las obras están muy deterioradas (el papel es quebradizo), el 33,6% están moderadamente deterioradas (el papel se está volviendo quebradizo) y el 29,4% están en buen estado (el papel no muestra señales de deterioro).
    Ex. The spectre that has been raised of reference librarians as the handloom weavers of the library revolution by the turn of the century is as insubstantial as the prediction fifty years ago that the coming of radio meant the death sentence for gramophone records.
    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. Mother who rely on physical punishment generally have infants who are more likely to ignore maternal prohibitions and manipulate breakable objects.
    ----
    * libro frágil = brittle book.
    * * *
    a) <cristal/fuente> fragile
    b) <salud/constitución> delicate; < economía> fragile
    * * *
    = fragile, brittle, embrittled, insubstantial, frail, breakable.

    Ex: The material which carries the message is fragile.

    Ex: The survey found that 37.0% of the items are seriously deteriorated (paper is embrittled), 33.6% are moderately deteriorated (paper is becoming brittle), and 29.4% are in good condition (paper shows no signs of deterioration) = El estudio encontró que el 37,0% de las obras están muy deterioradas (el papel es quebradizo), el 33,6% están moderadamente deterioradas (el papel se está volviendo quebradizo) y el 29,4% están en buen estado (el papel no muestra señales de deterioro).
    Ex: The survey found that 37.0% of the items are seriously deteriorated (paper is embrittled), 33.6% are moderately deteriorated (paper is becoming brittle), and 29.4% are in good condition (paper shows no signs of deterioration) = El estudio encontró que el 37,0% de las obras están muy deterioradas (el papel es quebradizo), el 33,6% están moderadamente deterioradas (el papel se está volviendo quebradizo) y el 29,4% están en buen estado (el papel no muestra señales de deterioro).
    Ex: The spectre that has been raised of reference librarians as the handloom weavers of the library revolution by the turn of the century is as insubstantial as the prediction fifty years ago that the coming of radio meant the death sentence for gramophone records.
    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: Mother who rely on physical punishment generally have infants who are more likely to ignore maternal prohibitions and manipulate breakable objects.
    * libro frágil = brittle book.

    * * *
    1 ‹cristal/fuente› fragile, breakable
    [ S ] frágil fragile
    2 ‹salud/constitución› delicate; ‹economía› fragile
    el frágil equilibrio ecológico del planeta the fragile o delicate ecological balance of the planet
    una viejecita muy frágil a very frail old woman
    * * *

     

    frágil adjetivo
    a) ‹cristal/fuente› fragile

    b) ‹salud/constitución› delicate;

    ‹ persona› frail;
    ‹ economía› fragile
    frágil adjetivo
    1 (fácil de romper) fragile
    2 (poco fuerte) frail, weak
    una salud muy frágil, weak health
    ' frágil' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    delicada
    - delicado
    - quebradizo
    English:
    breakable
    - brittle
    - care
    - flimsy
    - fragile
    - frail
    - handle
    - insubstantial
    * * *
    frágil adj
    1. [objeto] fragile;
    frágil [en letrero] fragile
    2. [persona] frail;
    [salud, situación] delicate
    * * *
    adj fragile
    * * *
    frágil adj
    1) : fragile
    2) : frail, delicate
    * * *
    frágil adj fragile

    Spanish-English dictionary > frágil

  • 7 delicado

    adj.
    1 delicate, frail, breakable, fragile.
    2 touch-and-go, delicate, sensible.
    3 finicky, overparticular about trivial details, fiddly, pernickety.
    * * *
    1 (fino) delicate; (exquisito) exquisite; (refinado) refined
    2 (difícil) delicate, difficult
    3 (enfermizo) frail, delicate
    4 (frágil) fragile
    5 (exigente) fussy, fastidious, hard to please
    6 (cortés) refined, polite
    7 (muy sensible) hypersensitive, extremely sensitive
    \
    manjar delicado delicacy
    * * *
    (f. - delicada)
    adj.
    2) fine
    3) ill
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=suave) [tejido, piel] delicate; [tela] fine; [color] soft
    2) (=frágil) [máquina] sensitive; [salud] delicate
    3) (=fino) [rasgos] delicate, fine; [gusto] delicate, subtle
    4) (=difícil) [situación] delicate, tricky; [punto] sore; [tema] delicate
    5) [persona] (=difícil de contentar) hard to please, fussy; (=sensible) hypersensitive; (=discreto) tactful; (=atento) considerate
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) ( fino) <rasgos/manos> delicate; < sabor> delicate, subtle; <lenguaje/modales> refined
    2)
    a) ( que requiere cuidados) <cerámica/cristal> fragile; < tela> delicate; < piel> sensitive

    prendas delicadas — delicates, delicate garments

    3) <asunto/cuestión/tema> delicate, sensitive; < situación> delicate, tricky
    4)
    a) ( melindroso) delicate, fussy
    b) ( susceptible) touchy
    * * *
    = gentle [gentler -comp., gentlest -sup.], sensitive, tricky [trickier -comp., trickiest -sup.], delicate, ticklish, awkward, choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.], touchy, frail, tender [tenderer -comp., tenderest -sup.], dainty [daintier -comp., daintiest -sup.], lissom(e), fragile, fussy [fussier -comp., fussiest -sup.], picky [pickier -comp., pickiest -sup.].
    Ex. Melanie Stanton broke into a gentle laugh as she recalled him executing a shuffling fandango and announcing mischievously, 'Women in the SLA, get ready, here I come!'.
    Ex. Numerous different models are available, ranging from models where communication is via a heat sensitive screen, through to terminals linked to an outside computer by a telephone line.
    Ex. Bertrand Russell has written a great deal of sense about the tricky problem of individual liberty and achievement and its relationship to government control.
    Ex. Despite the incompetence of most eighteenth-century block-makers, woodcuts never quite disappeared, and they returned to favour in the delicate form called 'wood-engraving' at the end of the hand-press period.
    Ex. The vast majority of management problems, even those which seem at first glance to be wholly planning or organizing or controlling problems, usually turn out to be bristling with ticklish human relations problems.
    Ex. Access is impaired by archaic, awkward, or simply strange headings that most normal persons would never look for on their first try.
    Ex. I became a hungry reader who was not choosy at all about the food.
    Ex. Censorship is a touchy subject with prison librarians.
    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. A single drawing can have a highly emotional impact and can be effective as either a heavy, bold statement or a tender reminder.
    Ex. They then went to a rather dainty little Italian restaurant where they ate a scrumptious meal and drank a bottle of wine.
    Ex. She is not just lissome and beautiful, but also cultured, artful, expressive, and energetic.
    Ex. The material which carries the message is fragile.
    Ex. Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.
    Ex. If by chance she gets close to a boy that she likes she suddenly get very picky and think of all his negative points.
    ----
    * asunto delicado = sore subject, sore spot, sore point, sensitive issue, hot potato.
    * pregunta delicada = awkward question.
    * ser muy delicado con la comida = be a picky eater.
    * ser muy delicado para comer = be a picky eater.
    * tejido muy delicado = gossamer.
    * tema delicado = sore subject, sore spot, sore point, sensitive issue, hot potato.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    1) ( fino) <rasgos/manos> delicate; < sabor> delicate, subtle; <lenguaje/modales> refined
    2)
    a) ( que requiere cuidados) <cerámica/cristal> fragile; < tela> delicate; < piel> sensitive

    prendas delicadas — delicates, delicate garments

    3) <asunto/cuestión/tema> delicate, sensitive; < situación> delicate, tricky
    4)
    a) ( melindroso) delicate, fussy
    b) ( susceptible) touchy
    * * *
    = gentle [gentler -comp., gentlest -sup.], sensitive, tricky [trickier -comp., trickiest -sup.], delicate, ticklish, awkward, choosy [choosey] [choosier -comp., choosiest -sup.], touchy, frail, tender [tenderer -comp., tenderest -sup.], dainty [daintier -comp., daintiest -sup.], lissom(e), fragile, fussy [fussier -comp., fussiest -sup.], picky [pickier -comp., pickiest -sup.].

    Ex: Melanie Stanton broke into a gentle laugh as she recalled him executing a shuffling fandango and announcing mischievously, 'Women in the SLA, get ready, here I come!'.

    Ex: Numerous different models are available, ranging from models where communication is via a heat sensitive screen, through to terminals linked to an outside computer by a telephone line.
    Ex: Bertrand Russell has written a great deal of sense about the tricky problem of individual liberty and achievement and its relationship to government control.
    Ex: Despite the incompetence of most eighteenth-century block-makers, woodcuts never quite disappeared, and they returned to favour in the delicate form called 'wood-engraving' at the end of the hand-press period.
    Ex: The vast majority of management problems, even those which seem at first glance to be wholly planning or organizing or controlling problems, usually turn out to be bristling with ticklish human relations problems.
    Ex: Access is impaired by archaic, awkward, or simply strange headings that most normal persons would never look for on their first try.
    Ex: I became a hungry reader who was not choosy at all about the food.
    Ex: Censorship is a touchy subject with prison librarians.
    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: A single drawing can have a highly emotional impact and can be effective as either a heavy, bold statement or a tender reminder.
    Ex: They then went to a rather dainty little Italian restaurant where they ate a scrumptious meal and drank a bottle of wine.
    Ex: She is not just lissome and beautiful, but also cultured, artful, expressive, and energetic.
    Ex: The material which carries the message is fragile.
    Ex: Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.
    Ex: If by chance she gets close to a boy that she likes she suddenly get very picky and think of all his negative points.
    * asunto delicado = sore subject, sore spot, sore point, sensitive issue, hot potato.
    * pregunta delicada = awkward question.
    * ser muy delicado con la comida = be a picky eater.
    * ser muy delicado para comer = be a picky eater.
    * tejido muy delicado = gossamer.
    * tema delicado = sore subject, sore spot, sore point, sensitive issue, hot potato.

    * * *
    A (fino) ‹rasgos/manos› delicate; ‹sabor› delicate, subtle; ‹lenguaje/modales› refined
    ¡qué delicada eres! ¿qué más da si está un poco quemado? you're so fussy! what does it matter if it's a little burned?
    B (que requiere cuidados) ‹cerámica/cristal› fragile; ‹tela› delicate
    prendas delicadas delicates, delicate garments
    una crema para pieles delicadas a cream for sensitive skin
    la delicada piel del bebé the baby's delicate skin
    ¡qué delicado eres! no lo dijo por molestarte don't be so touchy! he didn't mean to upset you
    está delicado del estómago his stomach's a little delicate
    tiene el corazón delicado he has a weak o delicate o bad heart
    después de la operación quedó muy delicado he was very frail o weak after his operation
    D ‹asunto/cuestión/tema› delicate, sensitive; ‹situación› delicate, tricky
    * * *

     

    delicado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    1 ( fino) ‹rasgos/manos› delicate;
    ‹ sabor› delicate, subtle;
    ‹lenguaje/modales› refined
    2
    a) ( que requiere cuidados) ‹cerámica/cristal› fragile;

    ‹ tela› delicate;
    ‹ piel› sensitive
    b) ‹salud/estómago› delicate;

    ‹ corazón› weak
    3 ‹asunto/cuestión/tema› delicate, sensitive;
    ‹ situación› delicate, tricky
    4


    delicado,-a adjetivo
    1 (frágil, primoroso) delicate
    una delicada porcelana, a delicate porcelain figure
    ese jarrón es muy delicado, that vase is very fragile
    2 (enfermizo) delicate: está delicada del corazón, she has a weak heart
    3 (exigente) fussy, hard to please: Juan es muy delicado para la comida, Juan is a fussy eater
    4 (difícil de tratar) un asunto delicado, a delicate matter
    ' delicado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    delicada
    - dulce
    - exquisita
    - exquisito
    - primor
    - asunto
    - embromado
    - fregado
    - jorobado
    - maniático
    - melindroso
    - remilgón
    - tema
    English:
    dainty
    - delicate
    - fine
    - fragile
    - frail
    - picky
    - sensitive
    - slight
    - sore
    - subject
    - subtle
    - ticklish
    - touch on
    - touchy
    - tricky
    - awkward
    - delicacy
    - shaky
    - subtlety
    * * *
    delicado, -a adj
    1. [aroma, gesto, manos] delicate;
    un perfume muy delicado a very delicate perfume
    2. [material, objeto] delicate;
    piel delicada sensitive o delicate skin;
    loción hidratante para pieles delicadas moisturizing lotion for sensitive skin;
    detergente para ropa delicada o [m5] prendas delicadas detergent for delicates
    3. [asunto, situación] delicate, tricky;
    una situación delicada a delicate o tricky situation
    4. [persona] [débil, enfermizo] weak, delicate;
    su estado (de salud) es delicado his condition is delicate;
    estar delicado de salud to have delicate health;
    estar delicado del corazón to have a weak heart
    5. [persona] [sensible] sensitive
    6. [educado] [persona] polite;
    [lenguaje, modales] refined
    7. [persona] [tiquismiquis] fussy, choosy, picky;
    es demasiado delicado para ir de camping he likes his creature comforts too much to go camping;
    ¡no seas delicado, hay que comérselo todo! don't be so picky, you've got to eat all of it!
    * * *
    adj delicate
    * * *
    delicado, -da adj
    1) : delicate, fine
    2) : sensitive, frail
    3) : difficult, tricky
    4) : fussy, hard to please
    5) : tactful, considerate
    * * *
    delicado adj delicate

    Spanish-English dictionary > delicado

  • 8 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.
    ----
    * 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

  • 9 enteco

    adj.
    1 infirm, weak, languid.
    2 timid, pusillanimous.
    3 stringy, lank.
    4 sickly, frail.
    * * *
    1 weak, puny, frail
    * * *
    ADJ weak, sickly, frail
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo ( delgado) gaunt; ( enfermizo) frail
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo ( delgado) gaunt; ( enfermizo) frail
    * * *
    enteco -ca
    (delgado) gaunt; (enfermizo) frail
    * * *
    enteco, -a adj
    [flaco] scrawny; [enfermizo] sickly
    * * *
    enteco, -ca adj
    : gaunt, frail

    Spanish-English dictionary > enteco

  • 10 enclenque

    adj.
    1 sickly, frail.
    2 feeble, feeblish, frail, puny.
    3 lank.
    f. & m.
    weakling, feeble person, weak person, weed.
    * * *
    1 (flaco) skinny
    2 (débil) weak, puny; (enfermizo) sickly
    1 (flaco) skinny person
    2 (débil) weak person, puny person; (enfermizo) sickly person
    * * *
    ADJ weak, sickly
    * * *
    a) < persona> ( enfermizo) sickly; ( delgado) weak, weedy (colloq)
    b) < estructura> rickety
    * * *
    = weakling, runt, nesh, weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.], wimp, wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.
    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. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex. What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.
    * * *
    a) < persona> ( enfermizo) sickly; ( delgado) weak, weedy (colloq)
    b) < estructura> rickety
    * * *
    = weakling, runt, nesh, weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.], wimp, wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.

    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: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex: What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.

    * * *
    1 ‹persona› (enfermizo) sickly; (delgado) weak, weedy ( colloq)
    2 ‹estructura› rickety
    * * *

    enclenque adjetivo
    a) ‹ persona› ( enfermizo) sickly;

    ( delgado) weak, weedy (colloq)

    enclenque adj (debilucho) weak
    (de poca salud) sickly
    (delgaducho) puny: anda, come, que estás muy enclenque, come on, eat up, you're all skin and bone
    ' enclenque' also found in these entries:
    English:
    feeble
    - puny
    - weakling
    - weedy
    * * *
    sickly, frail
    * * *
    I adj sickly, weak
    II m/f weakling
    * * *
    : weak, sickly

    Spanish-English dictionary > enclenque

  • 11 quebradizo

    adj.
    1 brittle, crisp, delicate, breakable.
    2 faltering, broken.
    3 crumbly.
    * * *
    1 (frágil) fragile, brittle; (pastel) short
    2 figurado (enfermizo) unhealthy, sickly
    * * *
    (f. - quebradiza)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=frágil) [gen] fragile, brittle; [hojaldre] short; [galleta] crumbly; [voz] weak, faltering
    2) (=enfermizo) sickly, frail
    3) (=muy sensible) emotionally fragile, sensitive, easily upset
    4) [moralmente] weak, easily tempted
    * * *
    - za adjetivo
    a) ( frágil) fragile; <uña/hueso> brittle
    * * *
    = brittle, embrittled.
    Ex. The survey found that 37.0% of the items are seriously deteriorated (paper is embrittled), 33.6% are moderately deteriorated (paper is becoming brittle), and 29.4% are in good condition (paper shows no signs of deterioration) = El estudio encontró que el 37,0% de las obras están muy deterioradas (el papel es quebradizo), el 33,6% están moderadamente deterioradas (el papel se está volviendo quebradizo) y el 29,4% están en buen estado (el papel no muestra señales de deterioro).
    Ex. The survey found that 37.0% of the items are seriously deteriorated (paper is embrittled), 33.6% are moderately deteriorated (paper is becoming brittle), and 29.4% are in good condition (paper shows no signs of deterioration) = El estudio encontró que el 37,0% de las obras están muy deterioradas (el papel es quebradizo), el 33,6% están moderadamente deterioradas (el papel se está volviendo quebradizo) y el 29,4% están en buen estado (el papel no muestra señales de deterioro).
    ----
    * masa quebradiza = shortcrust, short pastry.
    * * *
    - za adjetivo
    a) ( frágil) fragile; <uña/hueso> brittle
    * * *
    = brittle, embrittled.

    Ex: The survey found that 37.0% of the items are seriously deteriorated (paper is embrittled), 33.6% are moderately deteriorated (paper is becoming brittle), and 29.4% are in good condition (paper shows no signs of deterioration) = El estudio encontró que el 37,0% de las obras están muy deterioradas (el papel es quebradizo), el 33,6% están moderadamente deterioradas (el papel se está volviendo quebradizo) y el 29,4% están en buen estado (el papel no muestra señales de deterioro).

    Ex: The survey found that 37.0% of the items are seriously deteriorated (paper is embrittled), 33.6% are moderately deteriorated (paper is becoming brittle), and 29.4% are in good condition (paper shows no signs of deterioration) = El estudio encontró que el 37,0% de las obras están muy deterioradas (el papel es quebradizo), el 33,6% están moderadamente deterioradas (el papel se está volviendo quebradizo) y el 29,4% están en buen estado (el papel no muestra señales de deterioro).
    * masa quebradiza = shortcrust, short pastry.

    * * *
    1 (frágil) easily broken, fragile; ‹uña/hueso› brittle
    esta porcelana es muy quebradiza this china breaks easily o is very fragile
    3 ‹voz› faltering
    * * *

    quebradizo
    ◊ -za adjetivo


    ‹uña/hueso› brittle

    quebradizo,-a adjetivo
    1 (uña, cristal, etc) brittle
    2 (salud, etc) fragile
    ' quebradizo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    quebradiza
    English:
    brittle
    * * *
    quebradizo, -a adj
    1. [frágil] fragile, brittle
    2. [débil] frail
    3. [voz] wavering, faltering
    * * *
    adj brittle
    * * *
    quebradizo, -za adj
    frágil: breakable, delicate, fragile
    * * *
    quebradizo adj brittle [comp. brittler; superl. brittlest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > quebradizo

  • 12 debilucho

    adj.
    weakling, feeblish, anemic, feeble.
    m.
    weak person, feeble person, weed.
    * * *
    1 peyorativo weak, frail, delicate
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 weakling
    * * *
    = weakling, runt, nesh, weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.], wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.
    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. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex. What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.
    * * *
    = weakling, runt, nesh, weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.], wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.

    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: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.
    Ex: What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.

    * * *
    debilucho, -a Fam
    ♦ adj
    weak
    ♦ nm,f
    weakling
    * * *
    debilucho, - cha adj
    : weak, frail
    : weakling

    Spanish-English dictionary > debilucho

  • 13 flaco

    adj.
    thin, lean, skinny, frail.
    * * *
    1 (delgado) thin, skinny
    2 (débil) weak, frail
    1 (debilidad) weak point, weak spot; (vicio) bad habit
    ————————
    1 (debilidad) weak point, weak spot; (vicio) bad habit
    * * *
    (f. - flaca)
    adj.
    1) thin, skinny
    2) feeble, weak
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=delgado) thin, skinny *

    años flacos — LAm lean years

    ponerse flaco — LAm to get thin

    2) (=débil) weak, feeble; [memoria] bad, short; LAm [tierra] barren

    su punto flaco — his weak point, his weakness

    2.
    SM (=defecto) failing; (=punto débil) weakness, weak point
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo
    a) < persona> thin, skinny (colloq)
    b) (AmL) ( como apelativo cariñoso) skinny (colloq)
    c) ( insignificante) poor
    * * *
    = skinny [skinnier -comp., skinniest -sup.], scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.], gaunt.
    Ex. The writer discusses the fashion industry's obsession with skinny models.
    Ex. It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.
    Ex. They are for the most part, a puny, degenerate race, whose bodies are too weak for their overworked minds.
    Ex. A dog standing in the middle of the road raised his hackles and growled as the line of filthy, gaunt humans marched down the dusty street towards him.
    ----
    * ahorrar para cuando lleguen las vacas flacas = save for + a rainy day.
    * punto flaco = blind spot, weak link.
    * punto flaco, el = chink in the armour, the.
    * ser el punto más flaco de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo
    a) < persona> thin, skinny (colloq)
    b) (AmL) ( como apelativo cariñoso) skinny (colloq)
    c) ( insignificante) poor
    * * *
    = skinny [skinnier -comp., skinniest -sup.], scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.], gaunt.

    Ex: The writer discusses the fashion industry's obsession with skinny models.

    Ex: It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.
    Ex: They are for the most part, a puny, degenerate race, whose bodies are too weak for their overworked minds.
    Ex: A dog standing in the middle of the road raised his hackles and growled as the line of filthy, gaunt humans marched down the dusty street towards him.
    * ahorrar para cuando lleguen las vacas flacas = save for + a rainy day.
    * punto flaco = blind spot, weak link.
    * punto flaco, el = chink in the armour, the.
    * ser el punto más flaco de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.

    * * *
    flaco -ca
    1 ‹persona› thin
    * * *

     

    flaco
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    thin, skinny (colloq)
    flaco,-a adjetivo
    1 (muy delgado) skinny
    2 (débil) weak: tienes flaca memoria, you have a very bad memory
    punto flaco, weak spot

    ' flaco' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    flaca
    - punto
    - reseca
    - reseco
    - chupado
    - delgado
    English:
    chink
    - disservice
    - lean
    - point
    - rake
    - scrawny
    - skinny
    - thin
    - weakness
    - blind
    - spindly
    * * *
    flaco, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [delgado] thin;
    [esquelético] skinny
    2. [frágil] weak;
    su punto flaco es la ortografía his weak point is spelling
    3. [pobre]
    le haces un flaco servicio o [m5] favor mimándolo tanto you're not doing him any favours by spoiling him like that
    ♦ nm,f
    Am Fam [como apelativo]
    ¿cómo estás, flaca? hey, how are you doing?;
    ¿qué auto tiene el flaco? what kind of car has the guy got?
    * * *
    I adj
    1 ( delgado) thin
    2 ( débil)
    :
    punto flaco weak point;
    flaco de memoria forgetful
    II m, flaca f thin person
    * * *
    flaco, -ca adj
    1) delgado: thin, skinny
    2) : feeble, weak
    una excusa flaca: a feeble excuse
    * * *
    flaco adj
    1. (delgado) thin [comp. thinner; superl. thinnest]
    2. (débil) weak

    Spanish-English dictionary > flaco

  • 14 viviendas sociales

    f.pl.
    scattersite housing, substandard houses, low-cost housing, low-cost houses.
    * * *
    (n.) = council housing, public housing, community housing
    Ex. Most of the larger cities have set up wholesale slum clearance programmes and rehousing in council housing and high-rise flats.
    Ex. The library provides mobile library services to all public housing areas of the city.
    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.
    * * *
    (n.) = council housing, public housing, community housing

    Ex: Most of the larger cities have set up wholesale slum clearance programmes and rehousing in council housing and high-rise flats.

    Ex: The library provides mobile library services to all public housing areas of the city.
    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.

    Spanish-English dictionary > viviendas sociales

  • 15 capacha

    f.
    1 frail, hamper.
    2 frail, a basket made of rushed.
    3 jail. (Andes)
    * * *
    1 basket
    * * *
    femenino (Chi fam) slammer (sl), nick (BrE colloq)
    * * *
    femenino (Chi fam) slammer (sl), nick (BrE colloq)
    * * *
    ( Chi fam)
    slammer (sl), can ( AmE sl), nick ( BrE colloq)
    * * *
    1. [cesta] basket
    2. Chile Fam [cárcel] Br nick, US joint

    Spanish-English dictionary > capacha

  • 16 esportilla

    f.
    1 a small frail, pannier, or wicker vessel.
    2 small basket, small frail.

    Spanish-English dictionary > esportilla

  • 17 canijo

    adj.
    1 sickly, frail, stunted.
    2 stubborn, hardheaded, dogged, pig-headed.
    * * *
    1 familiar weak, puny
    * * *
    - ja adjetivo
    1) (fam) ( pequeño) tiny, puny (hum or pej)
    2) (Méx fam) ( terco) stubborn, pig-headed (colloq)
    3) (Méx fam) ( intenso) incredible (colloq)

    el hambre era canija — I (o he etc) was ravenous (colloq)

    * * *
    = scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.].
    Ex. It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.
    Ex. It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.
    Ex. They are for the most part, a puny, degenerate race, whose bodies are too weak for their overworked minds.
    * * *
    - ja adjetivo
    1) (fam) ( pequeño) tiny, puny (hum or pej)
    2) (Méx fam) ( terco) stubborn, pig-headed (colloq)
    3) (Méx fam) ( intenso) incredible (colloq)

    el hambre era canija — I (o he etc) was ravenous (colloq)

    * * *
    = scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.].

    Ex: It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.

    Ex: It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.
    Ex: They are for the most part, a puny, degenerate race, whose bodies are too weak for their overworked minds.

    * * *
    canijo1 -ja
    A ( fam) (pequeño) tiny, puny ( humor pej)
    B ( Méx fam) (terco) stubborn, pig-headed ( colloq)
    C ( Méx fam) (intenso) incredible ( colloq)
    el hambre era canija I was incredibly hungry, I was ravenous ( colloq)
    canijo2 -ja
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); shrimp ( colloq)
    * * *

    canijo
    ◊ -ja adjetivo

    1 (fam) ( pequeño) tiny, puny (hum or pej)
    2 (Méx fam) ( terco) stubborn, pig-headed (colloq)
    canijo,-a adjetivo familiar puny, weak
    ' canijo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    canija
    * * *
    canijo, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [pequeño] tiny;
    [enfermizo] sickly
    2. Méx Fam [terco] pigheaded
    3. Méx Fam [intenso]
    hace un frío canijo it's freezing cold
    ♦ nm,f
    [pequeño] shorty, small person; [enfermizo] sickly person
    * * *
    adj fam
    puny
    * * *
    canijo, -ja adj
    1) fam : puny, weak
    2) Mex fam : tough, hard
    un examen muy canijo: a very tough exam

    Spanish-English dictionary > canijo

  • 18 endeble

    adj.
    weak, feeble (persona, argumento).
    * * *
    1 formal feeble, weak, puny
    * * *
    ADJ [persona] feeble, weak; [argumento, excusa] feeble, flimsy
    * * *
    adjetivo < persona> weak, feeble; < salud> delicate, poor; < personalidad> weak; <argumento/fundamento> weak, feeble
    * * *
    = flimsy [flimsier -comp., flimsiest -sup.], weakened.
    Ex. Many paperbacks actually stand up to this usage better than the flimsy hardback covers now being produced.
    Ex. The word 'restaurant' originally referred to a restorative broth served to people with weakened digestive systems.
    * * *
    adjetivo < persona> weak, feeble; < salud> delicate, poor; < personalidad> weak; <argumento/fundamento> weak, feeble
    * * *
    = flimsy [flimsier -comp., flimsiest -sup.], weakened.

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

    Ex: The word 'restaurant' originally referred to a restorative broth served to people with weakened digestive systems.

    * * *
    1 ‹persona› weak, feeble, frail
    2 ‹salud› delicate, poor
    3 ‹personalidad› weak
    4 ‹argumento/fundamento› weak, feeble
    * * *

    endeble adjetivo
    weak;
    ‹ salud› delicate, poor
    endeble adjetivo feeble, weak
    ' endeble' also found in these entries:
    English:
    flimsy
    - puny
    - wimp
    - infirm
    - weak
    * * *
    endeble adj
    1. [persona] weak, feeble
    2. [objeto, estructura, material] fragile
    3. [argumento, pretexto, disculpa] weak, feeble
    * * *
    adj weak, feeble
    * * *
    endeble adj
    : feeble, weak

    Spanish-English dictionary > endeble

  • 19 incorporarse

    1 (levantarse) to sit up
    2 (a un trabajo) to start; (a una empresa, equipo, etc) to join
    * * *
    VPR
    1) [persona acostada] to sit up
    2)

    incorporarse a — [+ regimiento, asociación] to join

    incorporarse a filas — to join up, enlist

    incorporarse al trabajo — to start work, report for work

    * * *
    (v.) = sit up
    Ex. Jennifer sat up, rubbed the sleepy-dust from her eyes, and opened her mouth wide in a yawn and just then Bunny tickled her toes and she giggled.
    * * *
    (v.) = sit up

    Ex: Jennifer sat up, rubbed the sleepy-dust from her eyes, and opened her mouth wide in a yawn and just then Bunny tickled her toes and she giggled.

    * * *

    ■incorporarse verbo reflexivo
    1 (a un grupo) to join
    (a un empleo) to start: el nuevo profesor se incorpora mañana, the new teacher starts tomorrow
    Mil incorporarse a filas, to join up
    2 (sentarse) to sit up
    ' incorporarse' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    insumisión
    - entrar
    - fila
    - incorporar
    English:
    frail
    - sit up
    - enter
    - sit
    * * *
    vpr
    1. [unirse] [a equipo] to join;
    [a trabajo] to start;
    incorporarse a filas [empezar el servicio militar] to start one's military service
    2. [levantarse] to sit up
    * * *
    v/r
    1 sit up
    * * *
    vr
    1) : to sit up
    2)
    incorporarse a : to join
    * * *
    1. (levantarse) to sit up [pt. & pp. sat]

    Spanish-English dictionary > incorporarse

  • 20 mujer

    adj.
    1 womanly.
    2 woman.
    f.
    1 woman.
    mujer de su casa good housewife
    mujer fatal femme fatale
    mujer de la limpieza cleaning lady
    mujer de negocios businesswoman
    mujer objeto woman treated as a sex object
    mujer policía policewoman
    mujer pública prostitute
    2 wife, woman.
    * * *
    1 woman
    2 (esposa) wife
    \
    ser muy mujer de su casa to be very houseproud
    ya es mujer she's become a woman
    ser muy mujer to be very womanly
    mujer fatal femme fatale
    mujer de la calle streetwalker
    mujer de la limpieza cleaning lady
    mujer de la vida streetwalker
    mujer de mundo woman of the world
    mujer de negocios businesswoman
    mujer de vida alegre floozy, hussy
    mujer objeto sex object
    mujer pública prostitute
    * * *
    noun f.
    2) wife
    * * *
    SF

    ser muy mujer, ser toda una mujer — to be a real woman

    mujer bandera — † striking woman

    mujer de la limpieza — cleaning lady, cleaning woman, cleaner

    mujer pública — euf prostitute

    2) (=esposa) wife
    3) [uso apelativo]
    [en oración directa no se traduce]

    ¡déjalo, mujer, no te preocupes! — forget about it, don't worry!

    ¡mujer, no digas esas cosas! — please! don't say such things!

    * * *

    hacerse mujer — (euf) to reach puberty, become a woman (euph)

    b) ( esposa) wife

    ¿se habrá ofendido? - no, mujer! — do you think I've offended him - no, of course not

    * * *
    = wife [wives, -pl.], woman [women, -pl.], lady, female.
    Nota: Nombre.
    Ex. When I saw what he was up to, I drew back for a punch and hit him so hard on the nose that he fell on his back and lay there for some time, so that his wife stood over him and cried out 'Mercy! You've done my husband in!'.
    Ex. For example, the outdated subject heading 'Female emancipation' could be changed to the newer term ' Women's liberation' with this function.
    Ex. Librarians who have to choose between Congress and Dewey are in the dilemma of the proverbial lady facing death or a fate worse than death.
    Ex. Most of them -- there are 24 people on the library staff; 6 in reference (3 males and 3 females) -- have not personally experienced sexual harassment and haven't been aware that it exists.
    ----
    * acaparado por la mujer = feminised [feminized, -USA].
    * andar siempre detrás de las mujeres = womanise [womanize, -USA].
    * asesinato de una mujer = femicide.
    * bicicleta de mujeres = ladies bike.
    * cárcel de mujeres = women's prison.
    * centro de acogida de mujeres = women's shelter.
    * derechos de la mujer = women's rights.
    * derechos humanos específicos de la mujer = human rights of women.
    * diferencia de retribución entre mujeres y hombres = gender pay gap.
    * diferencial retributivo entre mujeres y hombres = gender pay differential.
    * disfunción sexual de la mujer = female sexual dysfunction.
    * dominado por la mujer = feminised [feminized, -USA].
    * emancipación de la mujer = female emancipation.
    * empoderamiento de la mujer = women('s) empowerment.
    * equidad entre hombres y mujeres = gender equity.
    * estudios de la mujer = women's studies, gender studies.
    * estudios sobre la mujer = women's studies, gender studies.
    * gobierno dominado por mujeres = petticoat government.
    * gustar mucho las mujeres = womanise [womanize, -USA].
    * liberación de la mujer = women's liberation.
    * malos tratos a la mujer = wife beating, wife battering, wife abuse.
    * maltrato a la mujer = wife beating, wife battering, wife abuse.
    * maltrato de mujeres = wife beating, wife battering, wife abuse.
    * montura de mujer = side-saddle.
    * movimiento en defensa de los derechos de la mujer = women's rights movement.
    * mujer acosada psicológicamente por el marido = harassed housewife.
    * mujer bella = belle.
    * mujer con éxito = successful woman.
    * mujer con un cutis de porcelana típico inglés = an English rose.
    * mujer de color = coloured woman.
    * mujer de éxito = successful woman.
    * mujer de la limpieza = cleaning lady, cleaning woman.
    * mujer maltratada = battered woman.
    * mujer embarazada = pregnant woman.
    * mujer en estado = pregnant woman.
    * mujer en período de lactancia = nursing woman.
    * mujer fácil = loose woman.
    * mujer fatal = femme fatale, man-eater.
    * mujer fresca = hussy.
    * mujer ingenua = ingenue.
    * mujer lasciva = wanton woman.
    * mujer libertina = wanton woman.
    * mujer militar = servicewoman.
    * mujer negra = black woman, coloured woman.
    * mujer objeto = sex object.
    * mujer policía = policewoman [policewomen, -pl.].
    * mujer promiscua = wanton woman.
    * mujer que tiene mucho mundo = a woman of the world.
    * mujer soldado = servicewoman.
    * mujer soltera = bachelorette.
    * ordenación de la mujer, la = ordination of women, the.
    * póster de mujer desnuda = pin-up.
    * proporción hombres-mujeres = sex ratio.
    * relaciones entre hombres y mujeres = gender relations.
    * revistas para mujeres = women's magazines.
    * silla de mujer = side-saddle.
    * tráfico de mujeres = trafficking in women.
    * trata de mujeres = trafficking in women.
    * * *

    hacerse mujer — (euf) to reach puberty, become a woman (euph)

    b) ( esposa) wife

    ¿se habrá ofendido? - no, mujer! — do you think I've offended him - no, of course not

    * * *
    = wife [wives, -pl.], woman [women, -pl.], lady, female.
    Nota: Nombre.

    Ex: When I saw what he was up to, I drew back for a punch and hit him so hard on the nose that he fell on his back and lay there for some time, so that his wife stood over him and cried out 'Mercy! You've done my husband in!'.

    Ex: For example, the outdated subject heading 'Female emancipation' could be changed to the newer term ' Women's liberation' with this function.
    Ex: Librarians who have to choose between Congress and Dewey are in the dilemma of the proverbial lady facing death or a fate worse than death.
    Ex: Most of them -- there are 24 people on the library staff; 6 in reference (3 males and 3 females) -- have not personally experienced sexual harassment and haven't been aware that it exists.
    * acaparado por la mujer = feminised [feminized, -USA].
    * andar siempre detrás de las mujeres = womanise [womanize, -USA].
    * asesinato de una mujer = femicide.
    * bicicleta de mujeres = ladies bike.
    * cárcel de mujeres = women's prison.
    * centro de acogida de mujeres = women's shelter.
    * derechos de la mujer = women's rights.
    * derechos humanos específicos de la mujer = human rights of women.
    * diferencia de retribución entre mujeres y hombres = gender pay gap.
    * diferencial retributivo entre mujeres y hombres = gender pay differential.
    * disfunción sexual de la mujer = female sexual dysfunction.
    * dominado por la mujer = feminised [feminized, -USA].
    * emancipación de la mujer = female emancipation.
    * empoderamiento de la mujer = women('s) empowerment.
    * equidad entre hombres y mujeres = gender equity.
    * estudios de la mujer = women's studies, gender studies.
    * estudios sobre la mujer = women's studies, gender studies.
    * gobierno dominado por mujeres = petticoat government.
    * gustar mucho las mujeres = womanise [womanize, -USA].
    * liberación de la mujer = women's liberation.
    * malos tratos a la mujer = wife beating, wife battering, wife abuse.
    * maltrato a la mujer = wife beating, wife battering, wife abuse.
    * maltrato de mujeres = wife beating, wife battering, wife abuse.
    * montura de mujer = side-saddle.
    * movimiento en defensa de los derechos de la mujer = women's rights movement.
    * mujer acosada psicológicamente por el marido = harassed housewife.
    * mujer bella = belle.
    * mujer con éxito = successful woman.
    * mujer con un cutis de porcelana típico inglés = an English rose.
    * mujer de color = coloured woman.
    * mujer de éxito = successful woman.
    * mujer de la limpieza = cleaning lady, cleaning woman.
    * mujer maltratada = battered woman.
    * mujer embarazada = pregnant woman.
    * mujer en estado = pregnant woman.
    * mujer en período de lactancia = nursing woman.
    * mujer fácil = loose woman.
    * mujer fatal = femme fatale, man-eater.
    * mujer fresca = hussy.
    * mujer ingenua = ingenue.
    * mujer lasciva = wanton woman.
    * mujer libertina = wanton woman.
    * mujer militar = servicewoman.
    * mujer negra = black woman, coloured woman.
    * mujer objeto = sex object.
    * mujer policía = policewoman [policewomen, -pl.].
    * mujer promiscua = wanton woman.
    * mujer que tiene mucho mundo = a woman of the world.
    * mujer soldado = servicewoman.
    * mujer soltera = bachelorette.
    * ordenación de la mujer, la = ordination of women, the.
    * póster de mujer desnuda = pin-up.
    * proporción hombres-mujeres = sex ratio.
    * relaciones entre hombres y mujeres = gender relations.
    * revistas para mujeres = women's magazines.
    * silla de mujer = side-saddle.
    * tráfico de mujeres = trafficking in women.
    * trata de mujeres = trafficking in women.

    * * *
    1 woman
    una clase de gimnasia para mujeres a women's gymnastics class
    las mujeres de la casa the women of the house
    tiene mucho carácter, es toda una mujer she has a great personality, she's quite a woman!
    tu hija ya es toda una mujercita your daughter's a young woman already
    es una mujer hecha y derecha she's a grown woman
    a esta mujer se le ocurre cada cosa she o this woman has the most amazing ideas ( colloq)
    hacerse mujer ( euf); to reach puberty, become a woman ( euph)
    ser una mujer de su casa to be a good housewife
    2 (esposa) wife
    3
    ( esp Esp) (como apelativo): ¿se habrá ofendido? — ¡no, mujer! do you think I've offended him — no, of course not
    no te preocupes, mujer, ya verás como todo se arregla don't worry, you'll see everything will be OK ( colloq)
    Compuestos:
    ( Esp period) striking woman
    stateswoman
    (CS) streetwalker
    cleaning lady o woman, cleaner
    ( euf); lady of the night ( euph dated), painted woman ( euph)
    ● mujer de mala vida or de mal vivir
    prostitute
    businesswoman
    ( Hist) war bride
    ( euf); loose woman
    femme fatale
    ● mujer golpeada or maltratada
    battered wife
    sex object
    ( hum); superwoman ( hum)
    policewoman
    ( ant); fallen woman ( dated)
    woman taxidriver
    * * *

     

    mujer sustantivo femenino
    a) woman;


    mujer de la limpieza cleaning lady, cleaner;
    mujer de mala vida or de mal vivir prostitute;
    mujer de negocios businesswoman;
    hacerse mujer (euf) to reach puberty, become a woman (euph)
    b) ( esposa) wife

    mujer sustantivo femenino
    1 woman
    varias mujeres, several women
    argot mujer fácil, easy lay
    euf mujer de la calle/de mala vida/pública, prostitute
    2 (esposa) wife
    ' mujer' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    A
    - abusar
    - acomodador
    - acomodadora
    - adúltera
    - adúltero
    - agente
    - albacea
    - amante
    - artesana
    - artesano
    - asesina
    - asesino
    - autor
    - autora
    - bañador
    - bienhechor
    - bienhechora
    - blanca
    - blanco
    - bombera
    - bombero
    - bombo
    - bruja
    - cabrón
    - cabrona
    - cacatúa
    - cada
    - calle
    - calostro
    - calva
    - cámara
    - camarera
    - camarero
    - camella
    - camello
    - campesina
    - campesino
    - capataz
    - cartera
    - cartero
    - casera
    - casero
    - cerda
    - cobrador
    - cobradora
    - comedianta
    - comediante
    - cómica
    - cómico
    English:
    A
    - accompany
    - alone
    - amid
    - amulet
    - apologetic
    - aside
    - batter
    - be
    - beat
    - beauty
    - besides
    - bitch
    - blouse
    - bosom
    - both
    - breast
    - brief
    - broody
    - brunette
    - businesswoman
    - bust
    - bust up
    - butch
    - buxom
    - cardigan
    - composure
    - conspicuous
    - cow
    - curtsey
    - curtsy
    - deceive
    - distinguished
    - distraught
    - disturbed
    - drag
    - dyke
    - either
    - evening dress
    - ex
    - executrix
    - expectant mother
    - fanny
    - female
    - feminine
    - femme fatale
    - flounder
    - former
    - frail
    - frock
    * * *
    ♦ nf
    1. [hembra adulta] woman;
    ropa de mujer women's clothes;
    los derechos de la mujer women's rights;
    la mujer española Spanish women;
    ya eres toda una mujer you're a grown-up woman now;
    una mujer hecha y derecha a fully-grown woman;
    de mujer a mujer woman to woman
    RP mujer de la calle streetwalker;
    mujer de su casa good housewife;
    mujer fatal femme fatale;
    mujer de la limpieza cleaning lady;
    mujer de mala vida streetwalker;
    una mujer de mundo a woman of the world;
    mujer de negocios businesswoman;
    mujer objeto woman treated as a sex object;
    mujer piloto woman pilot;
    mujer policía policewoman;
    mujer pública prostitute;
    mujer sacerdote woman priest;
    2. [cónyuge] wife
    ♦ interj
    Esp
    ¿te acuerdas de Marisol?, ¡sí, mujer, nuestra compañera de clase! do you remember Marisol? you know, she was at school with us!;
    ¿me acercas a casa? – sí, mujer can you give me a Br lift o US ride home? – sure;
    pero mujer, no te pongas así oh, don't be like that!
    * * *
    f
    1 woman
    2 ( esposa) wife
    * * *
    mujer nf
    1) : woman
    2) esposa: wife
    * * *
    1. (en general) woman [pl. women]
    2. (esposa) wife [pl. wives]
    mujer de negocios businesswoman [pl. businesswomen]

    Spanish-English dictionary > mujer

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