thin

thin
Ɵin
1. adjective
1) (having a short distance between opposite sides: thin paper; The walls of these houses are too thin.) fino
2) ((of people or animals) not fat: She looks thin since her illness.) delgado
3) ((of liquids, mixtures etc) not containing any solid matter; rather lacking in taste; (tasting as if) containing a lot of water or too much water: thin soup.) aguado, poco espeso, claro
4) (not set closely together; not dense or crowded: His hair is getting rather thin.) ralo, fino, escaso
5) (not convincing or believable: a thin excuse.) poco convincente

2. verb
(to make or become thin or thinner: The crowd thinned after the parade was over.) disminuir; disiparse; dispersarse
- thinness
- thin air
- thin-skinned
- thin out

thin adj
1. delgado / fino
a thin line un línea fina
after her diet, she's a lot thinner después del régimen, está mucho más delgada
2. líquido / aguado
this soup is too thin esta sopa está demasiado aguada
thin
tr[ɵɪn]
noun
1 (person) delgado,-a, flaco,-a
adjective
1 (thing) delgado,-a, fino,-a
thin material tela fina
a thin slice una loncha fina
2 (liquid - soup, sauce) poco espeso,-a, claro,-a; (- rain) fino,-a
noun
1 (hair) escaso,-a, fino,-a y poco abundante; (vegetation) poco tupido,-a
you're getting a bit thin on top te estás quedando calvo
adjective (comp thinner, superl thinnest)
1 (audience, crowd) poco numeroso,-a; (response, attendance) escaso,-a
2 (voice) débil
3 (excuse, argument) pobre, poco convincente
adverb
1 finamente
cut the bread thin corta el pan en rebanadas finas
transitive verb
1 (paint) diluir; (sauce) hacer menos espeso,-a
intransitive verb
1 (fog, mist) disiparse
2 (audience, crowd, traffic) hacerse menos denso,-a, disminuir
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
as thin as a rake más flaco,-a que un palo
to be thin on the ground haber muy poco,-a
to have a thin time of it pasarlas canutas
to wear thin (joke etc) perder interés 2 (patience) acabarse 3 (clothes) gastarse
thin ['ɵɪn] v, thinned ; thinning vt
: hacer menos denso, diluir, aguar (un líquido), enrarecer (un gas)
thin vi
: diluirse, aguarse (dícese de un líquido), enrarecerse (dícese de un gas)
thin adj, thinner ; -est
1) lean, slim: delgado, esbelto, flaco
2) sparse: ralo, escaso
a thin beard: una barba rala
3) watery: claro, aguado, diluido
4) fine: delgado, fino
thin slices: rebanadas finas
thin
adj.
aguado, -a adj.
consumido, -a adj.
delgado, -a adj.
descarnado, -a adj.
escuálido, -a adj.
fino (Delgado) adj.
flaco, -a adj.
flojo, -a adj.
grácil adj.
inconsistente adj.
ligero, -a adj.
magro, -a adj.
pilongo, -a adj.
ralo, -a adj.
tenue adj.
v.
adelgazar v.
aguar v.
clarear (Alimentación) v.
enrarecer v.
θɪn
I
adjective -nn-
1)
a) <layer/slice/wall/ice> delgado, fino

my patience was wearing thin — se me estaba acabando la paciencia

b) (not fat) <person/body/arm> delgado, flaco; <waist> delgado, fino
2)
a) (in consistency) <soup/sauce> claro, poco espeso, chirle (RPl)
b) (not dense) <hair> ralo, fino y poco abundante
3) (weak, poor) <voice> débil; <excuse/argument/disguise> pobre, poco convincente

II
adverb

to cut something thin — cortar algo en rebanadas (or capas etc) delgadas

spread the jam thin — ponga poca mermelada


III
1.
-nn- transitive verb \<\<paint\>\> diluir*, rebajar; \<\<sauce\>\> aclarar, hacer* menos espeso

2.
vi

his hair is thinning — está perdiendo pelo

Phrasal Verbs:
[θɪn]
1. ADJ
(compar thinner) (superl thinnest)
1) (=not fat) [person, legs, arms] delgado, flaco pej; [waist] delgado, estrecho; [face] delgado; [nose] delgado, afilado; [lips] fino; [animal] flaco

to get or grow thin — adelgazar

I want to get nice and thin for the holidays — quiero adelgazar bien para estas vacaciones

you're getting thin, aren't you eating enough? — te estás quedando muy delgado, ¿comes lo suficiente?

she was painfully thin — estaba tan flaca que daba pena verla

- be as thin as a rake
2) (=not thick) [layer, sheet] fino, delgado; [wall] delgado; [slice, line, fabric] fino

a thin layer of paint — una capa fina de pintura

a thin volume of poetry — un delgado tomo de poesía

to wear thin — [fabric, clothing] desgastarse

his trousers had worn thin at the knee — el pantalón se le había desgastado por las rodillas

the joke had begun to wear very thin — (fig) la broma ya empezaba a resultar muy pesada

my patience is wearing thin — (fig) se me está agotando or acabando la paciencia

- be or skate or walk on thin ice
- have a thin skin
line I, 1., 1)
3) (=watery) [custard, sauce, paint] poco espeso
4) (=not dense) [smoke, fog, rain] fino
5) (=sparse) [beard, hair] ralo, escaso; [eyebrows] fino, delgado; [crowd] escaso, poco numeroso
- be thin on the ground
- be thin on top
6) (=unconvincing) [excuse] pobre, poco convincente; [evidence] poco concluyente; [argument, essay, script] pobre, flojo

a thin majority — una mayoría escasa

a thin smile — una débil sonrisa

7) (=weak) [voice] aflautado
8) (Econ) [profit] escaso

trading was thin on the stock market — hubo poca actividad en la bolsa

9) (=lacking oxygen) [air, atmosphere] enrarecido, rarificado

out of/into thin air —

to appear out of thin air — aparecer como por arte de magia

to produce sth out of thin air — sacar algo de la nada

I can't conjure up the money out of thin air — no puedo sacar el dinero de la nada

he disappeared or vanished into thin air — despareció como por arte de magia, se lo tragó la tierra

2.
ADV (=thinly)

slice the potatoes very thin — corta las patatas en rodajas muy finas

don't slice the bread too thin — no cortes el pan demasiado fino

spread the butter very thin — untar una capa muy fina de mantequilla

spread 2., 5)
3. VT
1) (also: thin out) (=reduce in number) [+ population, group] mermar; [+ seedlings] entresacar
2) (also: thin down) (=dilute) [+ sauce, soup] aclarar; [+ paint] diluir

aspirin thins the blood — la aspirina hace que la sangre sea menos espesa

greenhouse gases are thinning the ozone layer — los gases que causan el efecto invernadero están haciendo que la capa de ozono sea cada vez menos espesa

4.
VI (also: thin out) (=lessen) [fog] aclararse; [ozone layer] hacerse menos espeso; [crowd] disminuir; [population] mermar, reducirse

his hair is thinning slightly — está empezando a perder pelo

* * *
[θɪn]
I
adjective -nn-
1)
a) <layer/slice/wall/ice> delgado, fino

my patience was wearing thin — se me estaba acabando la paciencia

b) (not fat) <person/body/arm> delgado, flaco; <waist> delgado, fino
2)
a) (in consistency) <soup/sauce> claro, poco espeso, chirle (RPl)
b) (not dense) <hair> ralo, fino y poco abundante
3) (weak, poor) <voice> débil; <excuse/argument/disguise> pobre, poco convincente

II
adverb

to cut something thin — cortar algo en rebanadas (or capas etc) delgadas

spread the jam thin — ponga poca mermelada


III
1.
-nn- transitive verb \<\<paint\>\> diluir*, rebajar; \<\<sauce\>\> aclarar, hacer* menos espeso

2.
vi

his hair is thinning — está perdiendo pelo

Phrasal Verbs:

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