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[wiːk]1) [person, part of body] debole; [ health] cagionevole; [ nerves] fragile; [ intellect] mediocre; [ memory] labile; [ chin] sfuggente; [ mouth] cascanteto be weak with o from essere indebolito da; to grow o become weak(er) — [person, pulse] indebolirsi
2) ing. [ structure] debole3) (lacking authority, strength) [government, team] debole; [parent, teacher] privo di polsoweak link o point o spot punto debole (anche fig.); to grow o become weaker [government, team, position] indebolirsi; in a weak moment — in un momento di debolezza
4) (poor) [teacher, pupil] mediocre, scarso; [plot, protest, excuse, argument] debole5) (faint) [light, signal, sound] debole; [tea, coffee] leggero6) econ. [economy, share] debole7) ling. (regular, unaccented) debole* * *[wi:k]1) (lacking in physical strength: Her illness has made her very weak.) debole2) (not strong in character: I'm very weak when it comes to giving up cigarettes.) debole3) ((of a liquid) diluted; not strong: weak tea.) allungato, diluito4) ((of an explanation etc) not convincing.) debole5) ((of a joke) not particularly funny.) piatto•- weakly- weaken
- weakling
- weakness
- have a weakness for* * *[wiːk]1) [person, part of body] debole; [ health] cagionevole; [ nerves] fragile; [ intellect] mediocre; [ memory] labile; [ chin] sfuggente; [ mouth] cascanteto be weak with o from essere indebolito da; to grow o become weak(er) — [person, pulse] indebolirsi
2) ing. [ structure] debole3) (lacking authority, strength) [government, team] debole; [parent, teacher] privo di polsoweak link o point o spot punto debole (anche fig.); to grow o become weaker [government, team, position] indebolirsi; in a weak moment — in un momento di debolezza
4) (poor) [teacher, pupil] mediocre, scarso; [plot, protest, excuse, argument] debole5) (faint) [light, signal, sound] debole; [tea, coffee] leggero6) econ. [economy, share] debole7) ling. (regular, unaccented) debole
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