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scrawny

  • 1 flaco y huesudo

    • scrawny

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > flaco y huesudo

  • 2 animal esquelético

    • scrawny animal

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > animal esquelético

  • 3 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

  • 4 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

  • 5 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

  • 6 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

  • 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 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

  • 9 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

  • 10 andrajos

    m.pl.
    tatters.
    * * *
    noun m. plural
    * * *
    (n.) = rags
    Ex. There was an old woman on the sidewalk, stooped-over scrawny and dressed up in nothing but rags.
    * * *
    (n.) = rags

    Ex: There was an old woman on the sidewalk, stooped-over scrawny and dressed up in nothing but rags.

    * * *

    andrajos mpl rags, tatters
    ' andrajos' also found in these entries:
    English:
    rag
    * * *
    andrajos nmpl
    : rags, tatters
    * * *
    andrajos npl rags

    Spanish-English dictionary > andrajos

  • 11 descarnado

    adj.
    1 scraggy, fleshless, gaunt.
    2 crude, plain, unadorned.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: descarnar.
    * * *
    1→ link=descarnar descarnar
    1 figurado straightforward, plain
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [cara, persona] gaunt
    2) [estilo, descripción] stark, brutal
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) <rostro/persona> emaciated, gaunt; < hueso> bare
    b) <realismo/relato> stark; < verdad> naked, plain
    * * *
    Ex. Informative abstracts have been compared to a skeleton with all the flesh missing -- the viewer is given enough detail to accurately reconstruct what the departed soul must have looked like.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) <rostro/persona> emaciated, gaunt; < hueso> bare
    b) <realismo/relato> stark; < verdad> naked, plain
    * * *

    Ex: Informative abstracts have been compared to a skeleton with all the flesh missing -- the viewer is given enough detail to accurately reconstruct what the departed soul must have looked like.

    * * *
    1 ‹rostro/persona› emaciated, gaunt; ‹hueso› bare
    2 ‹realismo/relato› stark; ‹verdad› naked, plain, unvarnished
    * * *
    descarnado, -a adj
    1. [descripción, narración] bald;
    [realismo, estilo] stark
    2. [persona, animal] scrawny
    * * *
    adj
    1 persona emaciated
    2 relato stark
    * * *
    descarnado, -da adj
    : scrawny, gaunt

    Spanish-English dictionary > descarnado

  • 12 encorvado

    adj.
    hunched, round-shouldered, crooked, curved.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: encorvar.
    * * *
    1→ link=encorvar encorvar
    1 (cosa) bent, curved; (persona) bent, stooping
    * * *
    ADJ (=doblado) curved, bent; (=inclinado) stooping; (=torcido) crooked
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    * * *
    Ex. There was an old woman on the sidewalk, stooped-over scrawny and dressed up in nothing but rags.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    * * *

    Ex: There was an old woman on the sidewalk, stooped-over scrawny and dressed up in nothing but rags.

    * * *
    anda encorvado he walks with a stoop
    tiene la espalda encorvada he has a stoop, he's round-shouldered
    * * *

    Del verbo encorvar: ( conjugate encorvar)

    encorvado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    encorvado    
    encorvar
    encorvado
    ◊ -da adjetivo: anda encorvado he walks with a stoop

    encorvar verbo transitivo to bend

    ' encorvado' also found in these entries:
    English:
    crooked
    - slouch
    - stoop
    - round-
    * * *
    encorvado, -a adj
    hunched;
    anda o [m5] camina encorvado he slouches
    * * *
    adj persona, espalda stooped

    Spanish-English dictionary > encorvado

  • 13 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

  • 14 gato callejero

    m.
    alley cat.
    * * *
    (n.) = stray cat, alley cat
    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. A fight had broken out and the boys were scuffling like alley cats in the parking lot.
    * * *
    (n.) = stray cat, alley cat

    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: A fight had broken out and the boys were scuffling like alley cats in the parking lot.

    Spanish-English dictionary > gato callejero

  • 15 guiñapos

    (n.) = rags
    Ex. There was an old woman on the sidewalk, stooped-over scrawny and dressed up in nothing but rags.
    * * *
    (n.) = rags

    Ex: There was an old woman on the sidewalk, stooped-over scrawny and dressed up in nothing but rags.

    Spanish-English dictionary > guiñapos

  • 16 harapos

    m.pl.
    rags, tatters.
    * * *
    (n.) = rags
    Ex. There was an old woman on the sidewalk, stooped-over scrawny and dressed up in nothing but rags.
    * * *
    (n.) = rags

    Ex: There was an old woman on the sidewalk, stooped-over scrawny and dressed up in nothing but rags.

    * * *
    harapos nmpl
    andrajos: rags, tatters

    Spanish-English dictionary > harapos

  • 17 pasear por

    v.
    to walk by.
    Paseo al perro por las tiendas I walk the dog by the stores.
    * * *
    (v.) = ride around, walk (a)round
    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. He got up, and, putting hands in the pockets of his trousers, began to walk around the room.
    * * *
    (v.) = ride around, walk (a)round

    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: He got up, and, putting hands in the pockets of his trousers, began to walk around the room.

    Spanish-English dictionary > pasear por

  • 18 perro callejero

    m.
    street dog, mutt, stray dog, cur.
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    stray dog
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    (n.) = garbage dog, mutt, mongrel, street dog, stray dog
    Ex. To make the reading more fun for the children we'll include a squib about the garbage dog from 'The Eighteenth Emergency' by Betsy Byars to put alongside a passage about mongrels from the 'World Book Encyclopedia'.
    Ex. She was the type of kid who was always coming home with a new pet and we're not talking about your standard kitten in a shoebox or errant neighborhood mutt.
    Ex. To make the reading more fun for the children we'll include a squib about the garbage dog from 'The Eighteenth Emergency' by Betsy Byars to put alongside a passage about mongrels from the 'World Book Encyclopedia'.
    Ex. They tend to wash their hands at the kitchen sink, have street dogs and cats in their community, and had poor sewage disposal.
    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.
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    (n.) = garbage dog, mutt, mongrel, street dog, stray dog

    Ex: To make the reading more fun for the children we'll include a squib about the garbage dog from 'The Eighteenth Emergency' by Betsy Byars to put alongside a passage about mongrels from the 'World Book Encyclopedia'.

    Ex: She was the type of kid who was always coming home with a new pet and we're not talking about your standard kitten in a shoebox or errant neighborhood mutt.
    Ex: To make the reading more fun for the children we'll include a squib about the garbage dog from 'The Eighteenth Emergency' by Betsy Byars to put alongside a passage about mongrels from the 'World Book Encyclopedia'.
    Ex: They tend to wash their hands at the kitchen sink, have street dogs and cats in their community, and had poor sewage disposal.
    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.

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    stray

    Spanish-English dictionary > perro callejero

  • 19 trapajos

    (n.) = rags
    Ex. There was an old woman on the sidewalk, stooped-over scrawny and dressed up in nothing but rags.
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    (n.) = rags

    Ex: There was an old woman on the sidewalk, stooped-over scrawny and dressed up in nothing but rags.

    Spanish-English dictionary > trapajos

  • 20 escuchimizada


    escuchimizado,-a adj fam scrawny, puny: solamente había dos gatos escuchimizados en el jardín, there were just two scrawny cats in the garden

    Spanish-English dictionary > escuchimizada

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См. также в других словарях:

  • Scrawny — Scraw ny, a. [Cf. {Scrannel}.] Meager; thin; rawboned; bony; scranny. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • scrawny — 1833, apparently a dialectal variant of scranny lean, thin (1820), which is of uncertain origin, perhaps from O.N. skrælna to shrivel …   Etymology dictionary

  • scrawny — skinny, lank, lanky, *lean, spare, gaunt, raw boned, angular Analogous words: *thin, slim, slender: *meager, exiguous Antonyms: brawny: fleshy: obese …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • scrawny — [adj] unhealthily thin angular, bony, gaunt, lank, lanky, lean, rawboned, scraggy, skeletal, skin and bones*, skinny, spare, undernourished, underweight; concepts 490,491,773 Ant. chubby, fat, healthy, plump …   New thesaurus

  • scrawny — ► ADJECTIVE (scrawnier, scrawniest) ▪ unattractively thin and bony. ORIGIN variant of dialect scranny …   English terms dictionary

  • scrawny — [skrô′nē] adj. scrawnier, scrawniest [prob. var. of dial. scranny, lean, thin < Scand base > SCRANNEL] 1. very thin; skinny and bony 2. stunted or scrubby scrawniness n …   English World dictionary

  • scrawny — scraw|ny [ˈskro:ni US ˈskro: ] adj [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: scranny thin (1800 1900), probably from a Scandinavian language] a scrawny person or animal looks very thin and weak ▪ a scrawny kid in jeans and a T shirt ▪ a few scrawny hens …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • scrawny — [[t]skrɔ͟ːni[/t]] scrawnier, scrawniest ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe a person or animal as scrawny, you mean that they look unattractive because they are so thin. ...a scrawny woman with dyed black hair... The vulture extended his… …   English dictionary

  • scrawny — UK [ˈskrɔːnɪ] / US [ˈskrɔnɪ] adjective Word forms scrawny : adjective scrawny comparative scrawnier superlative scrawniest very thin, in a way that is not attractive or healthy a scrawny half starved dog …   English dictionary

  • scrawny — adjective (scrawnier; est) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1833 exceptionally thin and slight or meager in body or size < scrawny scrub cattle > Synonyms: see lean • scrawniness noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • scrawny — scrawnily, adv. scrawniness, n. /skraw nee/, adj., scrawnier, scrawniest. excessively thin; lean; scraggy: a long, scrawny neck. [1825 35, Amer.; var. of dial. scranny < Norw skran lean + Y1] Syn. gaunt, emaciated. Ant. fleshy, plump. * * * …   Universalium

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