raquítico

adj.

1 rickety, anorexic, rachitic.

2 weak.

3 stunted.

4 paltry, measly.

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raquítico

► adjetivo

1 MEDICINA rachitic

2 figurado (exiguo) meagre (US meager), small

3 figurado (débil) weak

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 rachitic person

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ADJ

1) (Med) rachitic

2) [cantidad, sueldo] paltry, miserly

3) [árbol] stunted

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-ca adjetivo

a) <niño/animal> rickety, rachitic (tech); <árbol> stunted

b) (fam) <cantidad> paltry, measly (colloq)

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= scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.], rickety.

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. Only the nomads travel by camel, other desert travellers have to depend on aged and rickety vehicles.

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-ca adjetivo

a) <niño/animal> rickety, rachitic (tech); <árbol> stunted

b) (fam) <cantidad> paltry, measly (colloq)

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= scrawny [scrawnier -comp., scrawniest -sup.], puny [punier -comp., puniest -sup.], rickety.

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: Only the nomads travel by camel, other desert travellers have to depend on aged and rickety vehicles.

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raquítico -ca

adjective

1 ‹niño/animal› rickety, rachitic (tech)

2 ‹árbol› stunted

3 (fam); ‹cantidad› paltry, measly (colloq)

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raquítico

◊ -ca adjetivo ‹niño/animal› rickety, rachitic (tech);

‹árbol› stunted
raquítico,-a adjetivo
1 fam (una cantidad) small, paltry: le dan un sueldo raquítico, they pay him a pittance
2 fam (una planta, un árbol) stunted
3 fam (una persona) skinny, emaciated
4 Med rachitic
'raquítico' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
raquítica
English:
stunted

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raquítico, -a

♦ adj

1. [canijo] scrawny

2. [escaso] miserable

3. Med rachitic

♦ nm,f

Med rickets sufferer

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raquítico

adj fig

rickety

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raquítico, -ca adj

1) : scrawny, weak

2) : measly, skimpy