menguado

adj.

1 decreased, diminished.

2 full-fashioned, fully-fashioned.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: menguar.

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menguado

► adjetivo

1 diminished

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1. ADJ

1) (=disminuido) [ejército, tropas] depleted; [esfuerzos] diminished; [fuerzas, presupuesto] reduced

un hombre de menguada estatura — a diminutive man

2) (=desgraciado) wretched, miserable; (=cobarde) cowardly, craven liter; (=débil) weak, spineless

3) (=tacaño) mean

4) (=tonto) foolish

5) (=aciago) unlucky

en hora menguada — at an unlucky moment

6)

medias menguadas — fully-fashioned stockings

2.

SM [en labor de punto] decrease

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I

-da adjetivo (frml) <ejército> reduced in numbers; <provisiones> diminished

hubo una menguada asistencia — there was a low o poor turnout

II

masculino decrease

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I

-da adjetivo (frml) <ejército> reduced in numbers; <provisiones> diminished

hubo una menguada asistencia — there was a low o poor turnout

II

masculino decrease

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menguado¹ -da

adjective

(frml); ‹ejército› reduced in numbers; ‹provisiones› diminished

hubo una menguada asistencia a la segunda reunión there was a lower o poorer turnout at the second meeting, attendance was poorer at the second meeting

sus ya menguadas reservas de oro their already diminished o depleted gold reserves

menguado²

masculine

decrease

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menguado, -a

♦ adj

reduced, diminished

♦ nm

drop stitch [in knitting]

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menguado

adj diminished, reduced