English-Spanish translations for frail

débil
frágilNo se trata solo de dinero, sino también de apoyar a la frágil y naciente sociedad civil. This is not only about money, but also about supporting the frail and nascent civil society. Enviar al frágil mar adentro durante una tormenta fue un error garrafal por parte del Gobierno español. To send the frail into the open sea in storm conditions was a capital blunder on the part of the Spanish Government. Conocí a una chica de 23 años, frágil y diminuta, que llevaba toda su vida confinada en una silla de ruedas y que había pasado por 26 operaciones a vida o muerte. 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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