Débil in english
Weak
pronunciation: wik part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: wik part of speech: adjective
In gestures
débil = powerless ; flimsy ; shaky ; weak ; fragile ; spineless ; feeble ; effete ; faint ; frail ; feckless ; thin ; weakling ; runt ; nesh ; weedy ; boneless ; weak-kneed.
Example: In a world divided by ideology, by trade barriers, by military threats and nuclear fears, we librarians are not powerless = In a world divided by ideology, by trade barriers, by military threats and nuclear fears, we librarians are not powerless.Example: Many paperbacks actually stand up to this usage better than the flimsy hardback covers now being produced.Example: The subdivision 'Discovery and Exploration' under geographic names reinforces the popularly held notion that the world outside Western Europe had no history -- and only a shaky hold on existence -- before it was 'discovered' by Western Europeans.Example: Problems arise from weak or outmoded structuring of subjects in the schedules of DC.Example: The material which carries the message is fragile.Example: To call a supervisor 'spineless' is to tag him as weak and therefore unfair to his really good employees.Example: Mearns warns us, 'Recollection is treacherous; it is usually too broad or too narrow for another's use; and what is more serious, it is frequently undependable and worn and feeble'.Example: Some teachers argue against book clubs, claiming that they bring together only a certain kind of avid reader, the literary equivalent of the religiously effete and over-pious.Example: As more and more copies are produced, so the amount of dye on the master is reduced layer by layer until the image on the copy paper becomes quite faint.Example: Previous research has demonstrated that frail elderly living in subsidized high-rise apartments have greater unmet needs than elderly who reside in traditional community housing.Example: The author wrings sick humor from its feckless heroes' forlorn attempts to escape from a drug habit that they do not really enjoy any longer.Example: Although it may be a bit thin in its use of standard academic sources of information, it is exceedingly strong on insider information and personal interviews.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: By running away he shows who he is -- a boneless coward who never engaged in direct confrontation with the enemy.Example: At the moment, we're just seeing a weak-kneed policy of appeasement, which isn't going to get the United States or the free world anywhere.more:
» alto y débil = spindly [spindlier -comp., spindliest -sup.] .
Example: They flowered too soon I think, and then they were just spindly and weedy looking!.» débil de carácter = weak-willed .
Example: That means that he is foolish enough to lay his neck on the block for someone else and that he is a weak-willed man.» débil de salud = poor health .
Example: Much of his later life he lived in reclusion, loneliness, poor health, and despair.» débiles, los = little guy, the .
Example: He states that he has always admired Woody Allen, explaining that when he first saw his films he was happy to see that someone was sticking up for the little guy.» de carácter débil = weak-willed .
Example: That means that he is foolish enough to lay his neck on the block for someone else and that he is a weak-willed man.» de complexión débil = slight-framed .
Example: He was a withdrawn, slight-framed person with a biggish nose, smallish chin, reddish hair and mustache.» el eslabón débil (de la cadena) = the weak link (in the chain) .
Example: Hhygiene in home and everyday life settings is becoming exposed as the weak link in the chain of disease prevention.» el punto más débil de = underbelly .
Example: It shows us that the underbelly of human nature and its curiosity for things that are taboo is stronger than any moral or ethical code.» encontrarse muy débil = as weak as a kitten ; as weak as a baby .
Example: I thought I was strong but I feel as weak as a kitten now -- I have no desire to do anything. Example: I ached and felt as weak as a baby and couldn't even stand up by myself.» en el momento más débil de Alguien = at + Posesivo + weakest .
Example: Ozon's novel falls flat because the plot is not only foreseeable pretty well every step of the way but, at its weakest, slumps into novelettish cliche.» eslabón débil = weak link .
Example: They are the weak link in the playoffs, but they are good enough to beat any of their competitors on any given Sunday.» hacer + Pronombre + débil = make + Nombre + weak .
Example: She had believed herself to be strong and he had made her weak.» hacerse el débil = sandbagging .
Example: The authors examined whether Machiavellianism moderates the use of sandbagging -- a manipulative strategy in which people display low ability to induce an opponent to reduce effort or lower his or her guard.» luz débil = glimmer .
Example: Sometimes the glimmer seemed to be far away upon the horizon and sometimes it might have been within a few yards of us.» más débil de la camada, el = runt of the litter, the .
Example: This is normally the runt of the litter which, even if it survives the birth, will probably die later of starvation, or be crushed.» más débil del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the .
Example: This is normally the runt of the litter which, even if it survives the birth, will probably die later of starvation, or be crushed.» punto débil = blind spot [Zona que está fuera del campo de visión de una persona como, por ejemplo, al mirar por los espejos retrovisores de un coche] ; weak link ; weak spot .
Example: Contemporary library and information science discourse is plagued with tunnel vision and blind spots that seriously affect the profession's efforts to plan the library's future = La biblioteca contemporánea y el discurso de las ciencias de la información están plagados de visiones subjetivas y de puntos débiles que seriamente afectan a los esfuerzos de la profesión para planificar el futuro de la biblioteca. Example: They are the weak link in the playoffs, but they are good enough to beat any of their competitors on any given Sunday. Example: They knew my weak spots and closed in for the kill.» punto débil, el = chink in the armour, the .
Example: The cyber criminals are persistent -- if they can't get through one opening, they will keep trying until they find the chink in the armour.» sentirse muy débil = as weak as a kitten ; as weak as a baby .
Example: I thought I was strong but I feel as weak as a kitten now -- I have no desire to do anything. Example: I ached and felt as weak as a baby and couldn't even stand up by myself.» ser el contrincante más débil = punch above + Posesivo + weight .
Example: So although the Philippines is not the largest of countries, it, in using a phrase from boxing, punches above its weight in the international arena.» ser el punto más débil de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest .
Example: Also, this method demands some knowledge of mathematics and statistical concepts, and these are areas where librarians in general are at their weakest.» sexo débil, el = fair sex, the ; fairer sex, the .
Example: I was young in those days, and perhaps apt to look at things through rose-coloured spectacles, especially where the fair sex was concerned. Example: Men perspire while women really do just glow, claim scientists after discovering that the fairer sex needs to work much harder to build up a sweat.