cripple

cripple
'kripl
1. verb
1) (to make lame or disabled: He was crippled by a fall from a horse.) lisiado, mutilado, inválido
2) (to make less strong, less efficient etc: The war has crippled the country's economy.) paralizar, estropear, debilitar

2. noun
(a lame or disabled person: He's been a cripple since the car accident.) inválido, lisiado, mutilado
cripple vb dejar inválido
he was crippled when he fell down a well se cayó en un pozo y quedó inválido
El gerundio de cripple se escribe crippling
cripple
tr['krɪpəl]
noun
1 lisiado,-a, tullido,-a
transitive verb
1 (person) dejar cojo,-a, lisiar
she was crippled for life quedó lisiada de por vida
2 figurative use (industry, country) paralizar
cripple ['krɪpəl] vt, -pled ; -pling
1) disable: lisiar, dejar inválido
2) incapacitate: inutilizar, incapacitar
cripple n
: lisiado m, -da f
cripple
n.
cojo s.m.
lisiado s.m.
mutilado s.m.
paralítico s.m.
pateta s.f.
tullido s.m.
zopo s.m.
v.
baldar v.
derrengar v.
despernar v.
encojar v.
lisiar v.
mutilar v.
tullir v.

I 'krɪpəl
noun lisiado, -da m,f, tullido, -da m,f

II
transitive verb
a) (lame, disable)

he was crippled for life — quedó lisiado de por vida

he's crippled with arthritis — la artritis lo tiene casi inmovilizado

a crippled arm — un brazo tullido

b) (make inactive, ineffective) \<\<ship/plane\>\> inutilizar*; \<\<industry\>\> paralizar*
['krɪpl]
1.
N (lame) cojo(-a) m / f , lisiado(-a) m / f ; (disabled) minusválido(-a) m / f ; (maimed) mutilado(-a) m / f

he's an emotional cripple — tiene serios traumas

2. VT
1) (physically) lisiar, mutilar
2) (fig) [+ ship, plane] inutilizar; [+ production, exports] paralizar
* * *

I ['krɪpəl]
noun lisiado, -da m,f, tullido, -da m,f

II
transitive verb
a) (lame, disable)

he was crippled for life — quedó lisiado de por vida

he's crippled with arthritis — la artritis lo tiene casi inmovilizado

a crippled arm — un brazo tullido

b) (make inactive, ineffective) \<\<ship/plane\>\> inutilizar*; \<\<industry\>\> paralizar*

English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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