menguado

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menguado, -a
adjective
1reduced, diminished

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menguado [men-goo-ah’-do]
noun
1Coward, a silly, meanspirited fellow. (m)
2An avaricious, miserable wretch. (m)
3Decreasee, narrowing of stockings, etc. (m)
adjective
1Diminished (disminuido), impaired, stunted.
2Cowardly (cobarde), pusillanimous; foolish (tonto).
  • Hora menguada -> fatal moment
past participle
3Of MENGUAR.

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menguado
adjetivo
1 (disminuido) [+ejército, tropas] depleted; [+esfuerzos] diminished; [+fuerzas, presupuesto] reduced
el menguado mobiliario habitado por la carcoma el menguado presupuesto es insuficiente
un hombre de menguada estatura a diminutive man
2 (desgraciado) wretched; miserable; (cobarde) cowardly; craven; (literario) (débil) weak; spineless
3 (tacaño) mean
4 (tonto) foolish
5 (aciago) unlucky
en hora menguada at an unlucky moment
6
medias menguadas fully-fashioned stockings
sustantivo:masculino
(en labor de punto) decrease

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