- desvalido
- adj.1 helpless, underprivileged, underdog, destitute.2 aidless.* * *desvalido► adjetivo1 needy, destitute► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 needy person, destitute person► nombre masculino plural los desvalidos1 the needy, the destitute* * *(f. - desvalida)adj.helpless* * *ADJ1) (=sin fuerzas) helpless2) (=desprotegido) destitute
niños desvalidos — waifs and strays
los desvalidos — (Pol) the underprivileged
* * *-da masculino, femenino helpless personlos desvalidos — the destitute, the helpless
* * *= helpless, deprived, unprotected.Ex. In imposing penalties for book stealing libraries are particularly helpless.Ex. The author focuses on the development of parish libraries in deprived parts of inner Chicago.Ex. Society is falling apart at the seams, causing individuals who have not been able to cope with the changes to feel unprotected and hopeless.----* dejar desvalido = leave + unprotected.* desvalidos, los = deprived, the, deprived population, the, underprivileged, the.* niño desvalido = deprived child.* * *-da masculino, femenino helpless personlos desvalidos — the destitute, the helpless
* * *= helpless, deprived, unprotected.Ex: In imposing penalties for book stealing libraries are particularly helpless.
Ex: The author focuses on the development of parish libraries in deprived parts of inner Chicago.Ex: Society is falling apart at the seams, causing individuals who have not been able to cope with the changes to feel unprotected and hopeless.* dejar desvalido = leave + unprotected.* desvalidos, los = deprived, the, deprived population, the, underprivileged, the.* niño desvalido = deprived child.* * *desvalido1 -daadjectivehelpless, destitutedesvalido2 -damasculine, femininehelpless personlos desvalidos the destitute, the helpless* * *
desvalido◊ -da sustantivo masculino, femenino
helpless person
desvalido,-a adjetivo defenceless, US defenseless
'desvalido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desvalida
English:
underdog
* * *desvalido, -a♦ adjneedy, destitute♦ nm,fneedy o destitute person;los desvalidos the needy, the destitute* * *desvalidoadj helpless* * *desvalido, -da adjdesamparado: destitute, helpless
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.