weak

débil

Que tiene poca fuerza, poder o capacidad.

En inglés sencillo: Having little strength, power, or ability.

• I feel weak today.
• Her voice was weak after the illness.
• The signal is too weak to make a call.

Cómo se usa: too weak to do something (He was too weak to lift the box.)

Sinónimos: feeble, frail

Antónimos: strong

Expresiones frecuentes: feel weak, weak muscles, weak signal

aguado, flojo

Que tiene poco sabor o efecto, a menudo porque se le ha añadido demasiada agua.

En inglés sencillo: Having little taste or effect, often because too much water has been added.

• This tea is weak.
• He made some weak coffee for breakfast.
• Use a weak soap solution to clean the leaves.

Sinónimos: dilute, watery

Antónimos: strong, concentrated

Expresiones frecuentes: weak tea, weak coffee, weak solution

frágil, endeble

Que puede romperse o ceder fácilmente bajo peso o presión.

En inglés sencillo: Likely to break or fail under weight or pressure.

• The rope is weak.
• A weak beam caused the roof to fall.
• They replaced the weak boards before anyone used the bridge.

Cómo se usa: too weak to support something (The shelf is too weak to support these books.)

Sinónimos: flimsy, fragile

Antónimos: strong, sturdy

Expresiones frecuentes: weak rope, weak bridge, weak structure

débil, falto de voluntad

Que no logra resistirse a sus deseos o a lo que otros le piden hacer.

En inglés sencillo: Unable to resist what you want or what other people ask you to do.

• He has a weak will.
• My resolve was weak when she offered me cake.
• The manager was too weak to resist their pressure.

Sinónimos: weak-willed, spineless

Antónimos: strong-willed, resolute

Expresiones frecuentes: weak will, weak character, weak resolve

malo, cutre

Malo, aburrido o que no impresiona.

En inglés sencillo: Bad, boring, or not impressive.

• That joke was weak.
• The party was pretty weak, so we left.
• That's a weak excuse for missing my birthday.

Sinónimos: lame, bad, uncool

Antónimos: cool

Expresiones frecuentes: pretty weak, weak joke, weak excuse