enclenque

adj.

1 sickly, frail.

2 feeble, feeblish, frail, puny.

3 lank.

f. & m.

weakling, feeble person, weak person, weed.

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enclenque

► adjetivo

1 (flaco) skinny

2 (débil) weak, puny; (enfermizo) sickly

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 (flaco) skinny person

2 (débil) weak person, puny person; (enfermizo) sickly person

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ADJ weak, sickly

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adjetivo

a) <persona> (enfermizo) sickly; (delgado) weak, weedy (colloq)

b) <estructura> rickety

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= weakling, runt, nesh, weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.], wimp, wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.

Ex. According to Safire, when a slice a cake was put before him Putin said 'Sweets are for weaklings and children'.

Ex. Under the same regimens of treatment the number of runts produced varied from none to as much as 80 per cent of the litter.

Ex. 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.

Ex. Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.

Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.

Ex. I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.

Ex. What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.

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adjetivo

a) <persona> (enfermizo) sickly; (delgado) weak, weedy (colloq)

b) <estructura> rickety

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= weakling, runt, nesh, weedy [weedier -comp., weediest -sup.], wimp, wimpy [wimpier -comp., wimpiest -sup.], wimpish.

Ex: According to Safire, when a slice a cake was put before him Putin said 'Sweets are for weaklings and children'.

Ex: Under the same regimens of treatment the number of runts produced varied from none to as much as 80 per cent of the litter.

Ex: 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.

Ex: Shock as boofy blokes beat weedy intellectual in popularity contest.

Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.

Ex: I am the wimpiest wimp who ever wimped when it comes to surgery.

Ex: What is not true is the assumption that art that is modest and discreet automatically lacks nerve and is intrinsically boring and wimpish.

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enclenque

adjective

1 ‹persona› (enfermizo) sickly; (delgado) weak, weedy (colloq)

2 ‹estructura› rickety

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enclenque adjetivo

a) ‹persona› (enfermizo) sickly;

(delgado) weak, weedy (colloq)

b) ‹estructura› rickety

enclenque adj (debilucho) weak
(de poca salud) sickly
(delgaducho) puny: anda, come, que estás muy enclenque, come on, eat up, you're all skin and bone
'enclenque' also found in these entries:
English:
feeble
- puny
- weakling
- weedy

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enclenque adj

sickly, frail

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enclenque

I adj sickly, weak

II m/f weakling

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enclenque adj

: weak, sickly