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weak [wiːk]
adjetivo
1. débil (person, currency, character, excuse); flojo(a) (tea, coffee)
- to grow weak -> debilitarse
- to have a weak heart -> estar mal del corazón
- to be weak at physics -> estar flojo en física
- she went weak at the knees (sentido figurado) -> le empezaron a temblar las piernas
- weak spot (sentido figurado) -> punto (m) débil
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weak [uik]
adjetivo
1. Débil, endeble, flojo, flaco, feble, tanto en lo físico como en lo moral (dicky, faint, feeble, infirm).
2. Frágil, débil, sujeto a errar o pecar; falto de juicio o prudencia.
3. Deficiente en fuerza, estabilidad o eficacia (instrumento, estructura, parte); incapaz de sostener un ataque a viva fuerza; mal fortificado; sin recursos; no convincente; no apoyado en la razón, en la verdad; que no contiene bastantes principios activos, estimulantes, nutritivos; ligero.
4. Enfermizo, enclenque.
5. Imbécil.
6. Flojo de precio, cuyo precio va bajando.
- The wheat market is weak -> el mercado de trigo está flojo o en baja
7. regular; que se conjuga añadiendo ed, d, o t, para formar el pretérito y el participio pasado; que forma el plural, añadiendo s o es al singular; (adjetivo) de comparación regular. (Gramática)
- Weakhanded -> que tiene escasos ayudantes; también, que tiene las manos débiles
- Weak-headed -> débil o pobre de inteligencia
- Weak-kneed -> que tiene las rodillas débiles; (Fig.) falto de resolución, de energía
- Weak-minded -> débil de espíritu, pobre de inteligencia; simple, mentecato
- Weak side -> el flaco, la flaqueza, la debilidad, fragilidad o falta principal por donde una persona claudica, y también la pasión que la domina; el lado débil
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