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1. adjective1) (having a short distance between opposite sides: thin paper; The walls of these houses are too thin.) fino2) ((of people or animals) not fat: She looks thin since her illness.) delgado3) ((of liquids, mixtures etc) not containing any solid matter; rather lacking in taste; (tasting as if) containing a lot of water or too much water: thin soup.) aguado, poco espeso, claro4) (not set closely together; not dense or crowded: His hair is getting rather thin.) ralo, fino, escaso5) (not convincing or believable: a thin excuse.) poco convincente
2. verb(to make or become thin or thinner: The crowd thinned after the parade was over.) disminuir; disiparse; dispersarse- thinly- thinness
- thin air
- thin-skinned
- thin out
thin adj1. delgado / finoafter her diet, she's a lot thinner después del régimen, está mucho más delgada2. líquido / aguadotr[ɵɪn]1 (person) delgado,-a, flaco,-a1 (thing) delgado,-a, fino,-a2 (liquid - soup, sauce) poco espeso,-a, claro,-a; (- rain) fino,-a1 (hair) escaso,-a, fino,-a y poco abundante; (vegetation) poco tupido,-a1 (audience, crowd) poco numeroso,-a; (response, attendance) escaso,-a2 (voice) débil3 (excuse, argument) pobre, poco convincente1 finamente1 (fog, mist) disiparse2 (audience, crowd, traffic) hacerse menos denso,-a, disminuir\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLas thin as a rake más flaco,-a que un paloto be thin on the ground haber muy poco,-ato have a thin time of it pasarlas canutas: hacer menos denso, diluir, aguar (un líquido), enrarecer (un gas)thin vi: diluirse, aguarse (dícese de un líquido), enrarecerse (dícese de un gas)1) lean, slim: delgado, esbelto, flaco2) sparse: ralo, escasoa thin beard: una barba rala3) watery: claro, aguado, diluido4) fine: delgado, finothin slices: rebanadas finasadj.• aguado, -a adj.• consumido, -a adj.• delgado, -a adj.• descarnado, -a adj.• escuálido, -a adj.• fino (Delgado) adj.• flaco, -a adj.• flojo, -a adj.• grácil adj.• inconsistente adj.• ligero, -a adj.• magro, -a adj.• pilongo, -a adj.• ralo, -a adj.• tenue adj.v.• adelgazar v.• aguar v.• clarear (Alimentación) v.• enrarecer v.θɪn
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1)a) <layer/slice/wall/ice> delgado, fino2)a) ( in consistency) <soup/sauce> claro, poco espeso, chirle (RPl)3) (weak, poor) < voice> débil; <excuse/argument/disguise> pobre, poco convincente
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to cut something thin — cortar algo en rebanadas (or capas etc) delgadas
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- nn- transitive verb \<\<paint\>\> diluir*, rebajar; \<\<sauce\>\> aclarar, hacer* menos espeso
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viPhrasal Verbs:- thin out[θɪn]1. ADJ(compar thinner) (superl thinnest)1) (=not fat) [person, legs, arms] delgado, flaco pej; [waist] delgado, estrecho; [face] delgado; [nose] delgado, afilado; [lips] fino; [animal] flacoyou're getting thin, aren't you eating enough? — te estás quedando muy delgado, ¿comes lo suficiente?
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she was painfully thin — estaba tan flaca que daba pena verla- be as thin as a rake2) (=not thick) [layer, sheet] fino, delgado; [wall] delgado; [slice, line, fabric] fino•
a thin layer of paint — una capa fina de pintura•
a thin volume of poetry — un delgado tomo de poesíathe joke had begun to wear very thin — (fig) la broma ya empezaba a resultar muy pesada
my patience is wearing thin — (fig) se me está agotando or acabando la paciencia
- be or skate or walk on thin ice- have a thin skinline I, 1., 1)3) (=watery) [custard, sauce, paint] poco espeso4) (=not dense) [smoke, fog, rain] fino5) (=sparse) [beard, hair] ralo, escaso; [eyebrows] fino, delgado; [crowd] escaso, poco numeroso- be thin on the ground- be thin on top6) (=unconvincing) [excuse] pobre, poco convincente; [evidence] poco concluyente; [argument, essay, script] pobre, flojo7) (=weak) [voice] aflautado8) (Econ) [profit] escaso9) (=lacking oxygen) [air, atmosphere] enrarecido, rarificadoout of/into thin air —
he disappeared or vanished into thin air — despareció como por arte de magia, se lo tragó la tierra
2.ADV (=thinly)•
slice the potatoes very thin — corta las patatas en rodajas muy finasspread 2., 5)•
spread the butter very thin — untar una capa muy fina de mantequilla3. VTgreenhouse gases are thinning the ozone layer — los gases que causan el efecto invernadero están haciendo que la capa de ozono sea cada vez menos espesa
4.VI (also: thin out) (=lessen) [fog] aclararse; [ozone layer] hacerse menos espeso; [crowd] disminuir; [population] mermar, reducirse- thin out* * *[θɪn]
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1)a) <layer/slice/wall/ice> delgado, fino2)a) ( in consistency) <soup/sauce> claro, poco espeso, chirle (RPl)3) (weak, poor) < voice> débil; <excuse/argument/disguise> pobre, poco convincente
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to cut something thin — cortar algo en rebanadas (or capas etc) delgadas
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- nn- transitive verb \<\<paint\>\> diluir*, rebajar; \<\<sauce\>\> aclarar, hacer* menos espeso
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viPhrasal Verbs:- thin out -
2 flaco
flaco
◊ -ca adjetivothin, 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
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