flaco

adj.

thin, lean, skinny, frail.

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flaco

► adjetivo

1 (delgado) thin, skinny

2 (débil) weak, frail

► nombre masculino flaco

1 (debilidad) weak point, weak spot; (vicio) bad habit

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flaco

► nombre masculino

1 (debilidad) weak point, weak spot; (vicio) bad habit

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(f. - flaca)

adj.

1) thin, skinny

2) feeble, weak

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1. ADJ

1) (=delgado) thin, skinny *

años flacos — LAm lean years

ponerse flaco — LAm to get thin

2) (=débil) weak, feeble; [memoria] bad, short; LAm [tierra] barren

su punto flaco — his weak point, his weakness

2.

SM (=defecto) failing; (=punto débil) weakness, weak point

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-ca adjetivo

a) <persona> thin, skinny (colloq)

b) (AmL) (como apelativo cariñoso) skinny (colloq)

c) (insignificante) poor

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= skinny [skinnier -comp., skinniest -sup.], scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.], gaunt.

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

Ex. It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.

Ex. They are for the most part, a puny, degenerate race, whose bodies are too weak for their overworked minds.

Ex. A dog standing in the middle of the road raised his hackles and growled as the line of filthy, gaunt humans marched down the dusty street towards him.

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* ahorrar para cuando lleguen las vacas flacas = save for + a rainy day.

* punto flaco = blind spot, weak link.

* punto flaco, el = chink in the armour, the.

* ser el punto más flaco de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.

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-ca adjetivo

a) <persona> thin, skinny (colloq)

b) (AmL) (como apelativo cariñoso) skinny (colloq)

c) (insignificante) poor

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= skinny [skinnier -comp., skinniest -sup.], scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.], gaunt.

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

Ex: It is easy to see its two scrawny protagonists who ride around town on their bikes killing stray cats and dogs as victims of poverty and broken homes.

Ex: They are for the most part, a puny, degenerate race, whose bodies are too weak for their overworked minds.

Ex: A dog standing in the middle of the road raised his hackles and growled as the line of filthy, gaunt humans marched down the dusty street towards him.

* ahorrar para cuando lleguen las vacas flacas = save for + a rainy day.

* punto flaco = blind spot, weak link.

* punto flaco, el = chink in the armour, the.

* ser el punto más flaco de Alguien = be at + Posesivo + weakest.

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flaco -ca

adjective

1 ‹persona› thin

2 (AmL) (como apelativo cariñoso) skinny (colloq)

3 (insignificante) poor

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flaco

◊ -ca adjetivo

thin, skinny (colloq)
flaco,-a adjetivo
1 (muy delgado) skinny
2 (débil) weak: tienes flaca memoria, you have a very bad memory
punto flaco, weak spot

'flaco' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
flaca
- punto
- reseca
- reseco
- chupado
- delgado
English:
chink
- disservice
- lean
- point
- rake
- scrawny
- skinny
- thin
- weakness
- blind
- spindly

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flaco, -a

♦ adj

1. [delgado] thin;

[esquelético] skinny

2. [frágil] weak;

su punto flaco es la ortografía his weak point is spelling

3. [pobre]

le haces un flaco servicio o [m5]favor mimándolo tanto you're not doing him any favours by spoiling him like that

♦ nm,f

Am Fam [como apelativo]

¿cómo estás, flaca? hey, how are you doing?;

¿qué auto tiene el flaco? what kind of car has the guy got?

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flaco

I adj

1 (delgado) thin

2 (débil)

:

punto flaco weak point;

flaco de memoria forgetful

II m, flaca f thin person

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flaco, -ca adj

1) delgado: thin, skinny

2) : feeble, weak

una excusa flaca: a feeble excuse

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flaco adj

1. (delgado) thin [comp. thinner; superl. thinnest]

2. (débil) weak