delgado

adj.

thin, lean, slender, gaunt.

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delgado

► adjetivo

1 (poco ancho) thin

2 (esbelto) slim, slender

3 (flaco) thin

4 figurado (voz) soft

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FRASEOLOGÍA

ponerse delgado,-a to slim, get thin

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(f. - delgada)

adj.

1) thin, skinny

2) slender, slim

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1. ADJ

1) [persona] (=esbelto) slim; (=flaco) thin

una jovencita muy delgada — a very slim young girl

tienes los brazos demasiado delgados — your arms are too thin

se ha quedado muy delgado con la enfermedad — he's got very thin from being ill

- delgado como un fideo

2) [tabla, placa, muro, hebra] thin; [hilo] fine

3) Méx (=aguado) weak, thin

4) † [tierra] poor

5) † (=delicado) delicate

6) † (=agudo) sharp, clever

2.

ADV ver hilar 2)

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-da adjetivo

a) <persona/piernas> (esbelto) slim; (flaco) thin

una mujer alta y delgada — a tall, slim o slender woman

b) <tela> thin, fine; <hilo> fine; <lámina/pared> thin

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= slim [slimmer -comp., slimmest -sup.], thin [thinner -comp., thinnest -sup.], slender, lean [leaner -comp., leanest -sup.], skinny [skinnier -comp., skinniest -sup.].

Ex. Abstracting journals vary enormously in scope ranging from vast publications covering an entire discipline, to slim volumes centred on a relatively narrow topic.

Ex. Wronski remained silent for a moment, looking at the thin gray threads of smoke that were rising from his cigarette.

Ex. He is a small, slender man, with a pencil-thin moustache and whitening, scanty hair.

Ex. While Baskerville's italic was a lean, elegant letter, the most radical departure from tradition since the French academic italic of the 1690s.

Ex. The writer discusses the fashion industry's obsession with skinny models.

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* alto y delgado = spindly [spindlier -comp., spindliest -sup.].

* de aspecto delgado = lean-looking.

* delgado como un palo = stick-thin.

* delgado y fuerte = wiry.

* demasiado delgado = underweight.

* intestino delgado = small intestine.

* largo y delgado = spindly [spindlier -comp., spindliest -sup.].

* nada sabe mejor que sentirse delgado = nothing tastes as good as thin feels.

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-da adjetivo

a) <persona/piernas> (esbelto) slim; (flaco) thin

una mujer alta y delgada — a tall, slim o slender woman

b) <tela> thin, fine; <hilo> fine; <lámina/pared> thin

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= slim [slimmer -comp., slimmest -sup.], thin [thinner -comp., thinnest -sup.], slender, lean [leaner -comp., leanest -sup.], skinny [skinnier -comp., skinniest -sup.].

Ex: Abstracting journals vary enormously in scope ranging from vast publications covering an entire discipline, to slim volumes centred on a relatively narrow topic.

Ex: Wronski remained silent for a moment, looking at the thin gray threads of smoke that were rising from his cigarette.

Ex: He is a small, slender man, with a pencil-thin moustache and whitening, scanty hair.

Ex: While Baskerville's italic was a lean, elegant letter, the most radical departure from tradition since the French academic italic of the 1690s.

Ex: The writer discusses the fashion industry's obsession with skinny models.

* alto y delgado = spindly [spindlier -comp., spindliest -sup.].

* de aspecto delgado = lean-looking.

* delgado como un palo = stick-thin.

* delgado y fuerte = wiry.

* demasiado delgado = underweight.

* intestino delgado = small intestine.

* largo y delgado = spindly [spindlier -comp., spindliest -sup.].

* nada sabe mejor que sentirse delgado = nothing tastes as good as thin feels.

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delgado -da

adjective

1 ‹persona/piernas› (esbelto) slim; (flaco) thin

una mujer alta y delgada a tall, slim o slender woman

está algo delgaducho (fam); he's got(ten) rather skinny (colloq)

2 ‹tela› thin, fine; ‹hilo› fine; ‹lámina/placa/pared› thin

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delgado

◊ -da adjetivo

a) ‹persona/piernas› (esbelto) slim;

(flaco) thin

b) ‹tela/lámina/pared› thin;

‹hilo› fine, thin
delgado,-a adjetivo thin
(persona) slim; slender (de escaso grosor) fine: una delgada lámina de oro, a thin sheet of gold
En las descripciones puedes emplear slim o thin. Thin se aplica a personas, cosas o animales. Sin embargo, usado para describir a una persona indica cierta crítica, especialmente si pones very delante. Slim se refiere sólo a personas y es más positivo, porque indica que se tiene un buen tipo.
'delgado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
chupada
- chupado
- delgada
- esquelética
- esquelético
- fina
- fino
- flaca
- flaco
- seca
- seco
- demacrado
- enclenque
English:
bony
- gaunt
- intestine
- lean
- slight
- slim
- thin
- wall
- slender

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delgado, -a adj

1. [persona] [tono neutro o negativo] thin;

[esbelto] slim;

un tipo alto y delgado a tall, thin guy

2. [animal] thin

3. [cable, tela, lámina, tabique] thin;

[hilo] thin, fine

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delgado

adj slim; lámina, placa thin

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delgado, -da adj

1) flaco: thin, skinny

2) esbelto: slender, slim

3) delicado: delicate, fine

4) agudo: sharp, clever

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delgado adj

1. (persona) slim [comp. slimmer; superl. slimmest]

¡qué delgada estás! aren't you slim!

2. (cosa) thin [comp. thinner; superl. thinnest]

una pared delgada a thin wall