Alfeñique in english
Weakling
pronunciation: wiklɪŋ part of speech: noun
pronunciation: wiklɪŋ part of speech: noun
In gestures
alfeñique = weakling ; runt ; nesh ; weedy ; wimp ; softy [softie] ; milksop ; milquetoast.
Example: According to Safire, when a slice a cake was put before him Putin said 'Sweets are for weaklings and children' = According to Safire, when a slice a cake was put before him Putin said 'Sweets are for weaklings and children'.Example: Under the same regimens of treatment the number of runts produced varied from none to as much as 80 per cent of the litter.Example: 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.Example: Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.Example: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.Example: She has a tendency to be a softy, although she does carry the brunt of the authority in the household.Example: In fact, he is such a milksop, such a pathetic ninny, that it is hard to believe that Hedda would have married him in the first place.Example: Who would ever have expected such a milquetoast of a man to murder his wife, mother and two kids?.more:
» ser un alfeñique = be a real softie (at heart) .
Example: But Jeff, who has one daughter, admits he's a real softie at heart and not at all like his menacing alter-ego.