Translation for "ill-nourished" to spanish
Similar context phrases
Translation examples
I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished. . . . The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much;
Veo a una tercera parte de esta nación sin una vivienda digna, mal vestida, mal alimentada.
It was the first picture she had ever seen that mirrored her own life: a lot of cheaply dressed, ill-nourished people squashed into a small living room with a picture of the Sacred Heart on the wall.
Era la primera foto que había visto que reflejara su propia vida: en ella, había mucha gente vestida con ropa barata, mal alimentados, embutidos en un pequeño salón con una foto del Sagrado Corazón en la pared.
ill-nourished with tasteless and adulterated food;
mal nutridos gracias a una alimentación contaminada e insípida;
“And if they were ill nourished and debilitated by brutal treatment would morphia tend to be more effective?”
–Y si estuvieran mal nutridas y debilitadas por los malos tratos, ¿tendería la morfina a ser más efectiva?
Once, they were just three bundles of ill-nourished, ill-dressed flesh and bone, as they continue to be today as adolescents, if that word isn’t too refined for these lands and these latifundios.
Hubo una época en que fueron tres puñados de carne mal nutrida y mal abrigada, como lo siguen siendo hoy, adolescentes, si es que la palabra no resulta demasiado fina para estos paisajes y estos latifundios.
If it amused, if it shocked the chief—take the remark how you liked—it was his privilege, irascible, ill-nourished old man, king of migrant workers, of a wilderness of neglect, villages without men, fields without tractors, children coughing in rags.
Si eso divertía, si eso le chocaba al jefe —interprétalo como quieras—, era privilegio suyo, anciano irascible, mal nutrido, rey de los trabajadores emigrantes, de una selva de negligencia, de aldeas sin hombres, campos sin tractores, niños harapientos tosiendo.
How many English words do you know?
Test your English vocabulary size, and measure how many words you know.
Online Test