English-Spanish translations for thin

delgadoSin embargo, este es el delgado final de la divisoria. This is the thin end of the wedge, however. Es tan perjudicial para la salud obsesionarse con estar delgado como comer compulsivamente. An obsession with being thin is as bad for health as compulsive eating. Duerme en el suelo sobre un delgado colchón, según tengo entendido, al igual que los otros detenidos. He is sleeping on a floor with a thin mattress, as I understand are the other prisoners.
fino

flaco
adelgazarQuisiera insistir en que las etiquetas no nos harán adelgazar. Can I stress that labels will not make you thin.
ralo
diluirNo debemos diluir los recursos demasiado. We must not spread ourselves too thinly. En primer lugar, deberíamos evitar diluir demasiado los recursos. Firstly, we should avoid spreading ourselves too thinly.
enjuto
entresacar

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite
Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions
Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt
Of low viscosity or low specific gravity
Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space
Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe
Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering
A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole
To make thin or thinner
To dilute
Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state

thin plate of metal; thin paper; thin board; thin covering
thin wire; thin string
thin person
Water is thinner than honey.
The trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin.
a thin disguise
chocolate mint thins
potato thins
The crowds thinned after the procession had passed: there was nothing more to see.
seed sown thin

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