English-Portuguese translations for frail

fraco
frágilNão se trata apenas de dinheiro, mas também de apoio a uma sociedade civil frágil, agora a nascer. This is not only about money, but also about supporting the frail and nascent civil society. Mandar o frágil para o alto mar durante uma tempestade foi um erro crasso cometido pelo Governo espanhol. To send the frail into the open sea in storm conditions was a capital blunder on the part of the Spanish Government. Conheci uma rapariga de 23 anos pequenina, frágil, que toda a vida tinha estado presa a uma cadeira de rodas, tendo sofrido 26 operações vitais. I knew a tiny, frail, 23-year-old girl who had been confined to a wheelchair all her life and had undergone 26 lifesaving operations.

Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish
Weak; infirm
Mentally fragile
A basket made of rush#Noun|rushes, used chiefly to hold figs and raisins
A rush for weave#Verb|weaving baskets
To play a stringed instrument, usually a banjo, by picking with the back of a fingernail

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