La Palabra Del Día: "tenue"
tenue ( teh'-nweh )
adjective ( faint, weak; tenuous )
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Examples:
1: La luz tenue de la luna llena iluminó el paisaje.
The faint light of the full moon illuminated the landscape.
2: "¿Me podrías traer un vaso de agua?" preguntó el paciente con voz tenue.
"Could you bring me a glass of water?" asked the patient in a weak voice.
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The moon light faded as the dim morning sun slowly rose over the wind-battered landscape.
La luz de la luna se desvaneció como el sol tenue se levantó lentamente sobre el paisaje azotado por el viento.
En la distancia podía ver la montaña en la luz tenue.
In the distance, I could see the mountain in the dim light.
Desperté, la luz tenue de la alba apenas iluminando las cosas en la habitación, y de repente di cuenta que no sabía donde estoy.
I awoke, the dim light of dawn barely illuminating the things in the room, and suddenly realized that I didn’t know where I was.
A mi esposa le gusta utlilizar su smartphone en la cama, pero se queja que en el dormitorio el WiFi esté la señal de wifi es tenue.
My wife likes to use her smartphone in bed, but she complains that the Wi-Fi is weak in the bedroom.
No me gusta nada la luz tenue en mi hogar , sino la luz fuerte, aunque en mi edad esta fuera preferible para ocultar mis arrugas.
I do not like the dim light in my home, but the strong light, even so that at my age this were preferable to hide my wrinkles.
Tenía una excusa tenue para llegar tarde al trabajo.
He had a flimsy excuse for being late to work.
¡Por fin es Viernesí Siempre hay una posibilidad tenue de diversión los Viennes.
Finally it's Friday. There is always a slight chance of fun on Fridays.
La conexión a Internet en la casa de mi cuñado es un poco tenue, y él tenía que llamar al proveedor para determinar por qué no funciona bien, pero todavía no lo ha hecho, y por eso tardo mucho en todo lo que trato de hacer, y sus hijos están a punto de rebelarse por la dificultad para acceder a sus juegos en línea.
The Internet connection at my brother-in-laws house is a bit tenuous, and he was supposed to call the provider to see why it is not functioning well, but still has not done so, and so it is taking me a long time in everything I try to do, and his sons are on the point of rebelling due to the difficulty in accessing their on line games.
Antes de morirse mi padre estaba muy débil y solo podía hablar en voz tenue. Ni siquiera, maldecía a las pobrecitas enfermeras.
Before he died my father was very weak and could only speak with a feeble voice. In spite of that he cursed the poor nurses.
El ayuno te hace tenue físicamente pero podría hacerte espiritualmente fuerte.
Fasting makes you weak physically but it could make you spiritually strong.
Uno o más de los candidatos a presidente de los Estados Unidos aparecen tener un asimiento tenue en cordura.
One or more of the candidates for president of the United States appear to have a tenuous grasp on sanity.
(It's best that I don't post a picture this time.)
Most of our political leaders have a tenuous grip on reality these days.
La mayoría de nuestros líderes políticos tienen un tenue control sobre la realidad en estos días.
And that is on a good day.
No tengo ni siquiera una idea tenue sobre lo que hablas.
I don't have the faintest idea of what you are talking about.
Todos tenemos un tenue control sobre la vida , por lo que disfruta de cada día.
We all have a tenuous grip on life, so enjoy every day.
