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puny

  • 1 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

  • 2 escuchimizado

    adj.
    very thin.
    * * *
    1→ link=escuchimizarse escuchimizarse
    1 familiar puny, scrawny
    * * *
    = scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.], nesh, gaunt.
    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. 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. 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.
    * * *
    = scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.], nesh, gaunt.

    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: 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: 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.

    * * *
    ( Esp fam) puny, scrawny
    * * *

    escuchimizado,-a adj fam scrawny, puny: solamente había dos gatos escuchimizados en el jardín, there were just two scrawny cats in the garden
    ' escuchimizado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escuchimizada
    * * *
    escuchimizado, -a Esp Fam
    ♦ adj
    skinny, thin as a rake
    ♦ nm,f
    skinny person
    * * *
    adj fam
    puny fam, scrawny fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > escuchimizado

  • 3 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

  • 4 desmirriado

    adj.
    1 lean, extenuated, exhausted. (Colloquial)
    2 melancholy.
    3 emaciated, skinny, puny.
    * * *
    1 familiar weedy, puny
    * * *
    ADJ weedy
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (fam) puny, weedy (colloq)
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (fam) puny, weedy (colloq)
    * * *
    ( fam); puny, weedy ( colloq)
    * * *
    adj fam
    skinny fam, scrawny fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > desmirriado

  • 5 escuálido

    adj.
    squalid, filthy.
    * * *
    1 (delgado) emaciated, extremely thin, skinny
    2 (sucio) squalid, filthy
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=delgado) skinny, scraggy
    2) (=sucio) squalid, filthy
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <persona/animal> skinny, scrawny
    * * *
    = grungy, emaciated, squalid, scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.], skinny [skinnier -comp., skinniest -sup.], gaunt.
    Ex. It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.
    Ex. The non-white anorexic subjects reported ealier menarche, were shorter in stature, less emaciated, and practiced veganism slightly more commonly.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    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. The writer discusses the fashion industry's obsession with skinny models.
    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.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <persona/animal> skinny, scrawny
    * * *
    = grungy, emaciated, squalid, scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.], skinny [skinnier -comp., skinniest -sup.], gaunt.

    Ex: It is primarily a story about a girl who, pregnant, flees her disapproving family to search for the father of her child in the grungy and sinister Midlands of England.

    Ex: The non-white anorexic subjects reported ealier menarche, were shorter in stature, less emaciated, and practiced veganism slightly more commonly.
    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    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: The writer discusses the fashion industry's obsession with skinny models.
    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.

    * * *
    A ‹persona/animal› skinny, scrawny
    B ‹lugar› squalid
    * * *

    escuálido
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹persona/animal› skinny, scrawny

    escuálido,-a adjetivo emaciated

    ' escuálido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escuálida
    English:
    scraggy
    - emaciated
    - scrawny
    * * *
    escuálido, -a adj
    emaciated
    * * *
    adj skinny, emaciated
    * * *
    escuálido, -da adj
    1) : skinny, scrawny
    2) inmundo: filthy, squalid

    Spanish-English dictionary > escuálido

  • 6 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

  • 7 raquítico

    adj.
    1 rickety, anorexic, rachitic.
    2 weak.
    3 stunted.
    4 paltry, measly.
    * * *
    1 MEDICINA rachitic
    2 figurado (exiguo) meagre (US meager), small
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 rachitic person
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (Med) rachitic
    2) [cantidad, sueldo] paltry, miserly
    3) [árbol] stunted
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo
    a) <niño/animal> rickety, rachitic (tech); < árbol> stunted
    b) (fam) < cantidad> paltry, measly (colloq)
    * * *
    = scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.], rickety.
    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. Only the nomads travel by camel, other desert travellers have to depend on aged and rickety vehicles.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo
    a) <niño/animal> rickety, rachitic (tech); < árbol> stunted
    b) (fam) < cantidad> paltry, measly (colloq)
    * * *
    = scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.], rickety.

    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: Only the nomads travel by camel, other desert travellers have to depend on aged and rickety vehicles.

    * * *
    1 ‹niño/animal› rickety, rachitic ( tech)
    2 ‹árbol› stunted
    3 ( fam); ‹cantidad› paltry, measly ( colloq)
    * * *

    raquítico
    ◊ -ca adjetivo ‹niño/animal› rickety, rachitic (tech);


    ‹ árbol› stunted
    raquítico,-a adjetivo
    1 fam (una cantidad) small, paltry: le dan un sueldo raquítico, they pay him a pittance
    2 fam (una planta, un árbol) stunted
    3 fam (una persona) skinny, emaciated
    4 Med rachitic
    ' raquítico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    raquítica
    English:
    stunted
    * * *
    raquítico, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [canijo] scrawny
    2. [escaso] miserable
    3. Med rachitic
    ♦ nm,f
    Med rickets sufferer
    * * *
    adj fig
    rickety
    * * *
    raquítico, -ca adj
    1) : scrawny, weak
    2) : measly, skimpy

    Spanish-English dictionary > raquítico

  • 8 desmedrado

    adj.
    1 impaired, puny, run-down, shitty.
    2 wretched, emaciated.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desmedrar.
    * * *
    1→ link=desmedrar desmedrar
    1 puny, emaciated, tiny
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=estropeado) impaired
    2) (=reducido) reduced
    3) (Med) puny, feeble

    Spanish-English dictionary > desmedrado

  • 9 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

  • 10 esquelético2

    2 = scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.], rickety.
    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. Only the nomads travel by camel, other desert travellers have to depend on aged and rickety vehicles.

    Spanish-English dictionary > esquelético2

  • 11 esmirriado

    adj.
    scraggy.
    * * *
    1 familiar puny, scraggy
    * * *
    ADJ puny
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (fam) < persona> skinny (colloq), scrawny (colloq); < animal> scrawny
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (fam) < persona> skinny (colloq), scrawny (colloq); < animal> scrawny
    * * *
    ( fam); ‹persona› skinny ( colloq), scrawny ( colloq); ‹animal› scrawny, scraggy ( colloq)
    * * *

    esmirriado
    ◊ -da adjetivo (fam) ‹ persona› skinny (colloq), scrawny (colloq);


    ‹ animal› scrawny
    esmirriado,-a adj fam scrawny, skinny, in poor shape
    ' esmirriado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    esmirriada
    English:
    scraggy
    * * *
    esmirriado, -a adj
    Fam [persona] scrawny, weedy; [planta] spindly; [animal] scrawny
    * * *
    adj fam
    skinny, scrawny fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > esmirriado

  • 12 esquelético

    adj.
    1 skeletal, raw-boned, rawboned, emaciated.
    2 skeletal, of the skeleton.
    * * *
    1 (del esqueleto) skeletal
    2 familiar (delgado) skinny, bony
    \
    estar esquelético,-a familiar to be skin and bones
    * * *
    ADJ skeletal, skinny *
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo skeletal
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo skeletal
    * * *
    esquelético1

    Ex: The abstractor wants to construct a miniature surrogate of the document, written in his or her own words, a skeletal representation of the document.

    * músculo esquelético = skeletal muscle.

    esquelético2
    2 = scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.], rickety.

    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: Only the nomads travel by camel, other desert travellers have to depend on aged and rickety vehicles.

    * * *
    skeletal
    estaba verdaderamente esquelético he was an absolute skeleton o he was terribly thin o he was positively skeletal
    ¡no sigas adelgazando que estás esquelético! ( fam); don't go losing any more weight, you're all skin and bone now ( colloq)
    * * *

    esquelético,-a adjetivo
    1 Anat skeletal
    2 fam (muy delgado) skinny
    ' esquelético' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    esquelética
    English:
    scrawny
    * * *
    esquelético, -a adj
    1. Anat skeletal
    2. Fam [muy delgado] skinny;
    estar esquelético to be extremely o painfully thin
    * * *
    adj skeletal
    * * *
    esquelético, -ca adj
    : emaciated, skeletal

    Spanish-English dictionary > esquelético

  • 13 encanijado

    adj.
    puny, frail, stunted.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: encanijar.
    * * *
    ADJ weak, puny

    Spanish-English dictionary > encanijado

  • 14 encanijarse

    pron.v.
    to grow puny, to become weak, to grow weak, to lose strength.
    * * *
    1 to become weak, become puny
    * * *
    VPR to grow weak, become emaciated
    * * *
    ( fam):
    se encanijó its growth was stunted

    Spanish-English dictionary > encanijarse

  • 15 lastimoso

    adj.
    pitiful, pitiable, mournful, piteous.
    * * *
    1 pitiful, sorry
    * * *
    ADJ pitiful, pathetic
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo ( triste) terrible, pitiful; ( deplorable) shameful, terrible
    * * *
    = pathetic, sorry [sorrier -comp., sorriest -sup.].
    Ex. Marshall Edmonds seemed pathetic to her, a person more to be pitied than to be scorned.
    Ex. The author describes the sorry state of libraries in Portugal where 149 of the 558 libraries have a collection of less than 1,000 titles.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo ( triste) terrible, pitiful; ( deplorable) shameful, terrible
    * * *
    = pathetic, sorry [sorrier -comp., sorriest -sup.].

    Ex: Marshall Edmonds seemed pathetic to her, a person more to be pitied than to be scorned.

    Ex: The author describes the sorry state of libraries in Portugal where 149 of the 558 libraries have a collection of less than 1,000 titles.

    * * *
    1 (triste) terrible, pitiful
    2 (deplorable) shameful, terrible, appalling
    * * *

    lastimoso,-a adjetivo
    1 (que da pena) pitiful
    2 (que causa mala impresión) dreadful
    ' lastimoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    lastimosa
    - miserable
    English:
    piteous
    - pitiful
    - puny
    * * *
    lastimoso, -a adj
    1. [que produce lástima] pitiful, pathetic
    2. [en mal estado] pitiful;
    la casa estaba en un lastimoso estado the house was in a pitiful o terrible state
    * * *
    adj pitiful; ( deplorable) shameful
    * * *
    lastimoso, -sa adj
    1) : shameful
    2) : pitiful, terrible
    * * *
    lastimoso adj pathetic

    Spanish-English dictionary > lastimoso

  • 16 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

  • 17 canijo *

    ADJ
    1) (=pequeño) puny; (=endeble) weak, sickly
    2) Méx (=astuto) sly

    Spanish-English dictionary > canijo *

  • 18 deslavar

    v.
    1 to wash or cleanse superficially, to rinse.
    2 to wet, to spoil by wetting.
    3 to take away the color, force, or vigor of a thing.
    Cara deslavada a pale, puny face
    4 to half-wash, to rinse, to rinse through, to wash out.
    Las lluvias se llevaron el suelo The rains washed out the topsoil.
    * * *
    1 to half-wash
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=lavar a medias) to half-wash, wash superficially
    2) (=desteñir) to fade
    3) (=debilitar) to weaken

    Spanish-English dictionary > deslavar

  • 19 enflaquecido

    adj.
    emaciated.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: enflaquecer.
    * * *
    1→ link=enflaquecer enflaquecer
    1 (delgado) thin; (débil) weak, puny
    * * *
    ADJ thin

    Spanish-English dictionary > enflaquecido

  • 20 gurrumino

    m.
    indulgent husband.
    * * *
    1 weak
    * * *
    gurrumino, -a *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=débil) weak, sickly; (=insignificante) small, puny
    2) [marido] complaisant, indulgent
    3) And (=cobarde) cowardly
    4) CAm (=listo) clever, sharp
    2. SM / F
    1) Méx (=chiquillo) child
    2) LAm (=persona astuta) sharp customer *
    3.
    SM (=cornudo) cuckold; (=marido complaciente) complaisant husband, indulgent husband
    * * *
    gurrumino, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [enclenque] sickly, frail
    2. Andes [cobarde] cowardly
    ♦ nm,f
    1. Méx [niño] child
    2. Hond [persona astuta] shrewd person

    Spanish-English dictionary > gurrumino

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