threadbare en el Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Traducciones de threadbare en el diccionario inglés»español

threadbare [ingl. am. ˈθrɛdbɛr, ingl. brit. ˈθrɛdbɛː] ADJ.

threadbare jacket/collar/carpet

gastado

threadbare jacket/collar/carpet

raído

threadbare argument/excuse

trillado

threadbare argument/excuse

manido

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he had worn the collar threadbare

había gastado el cuello hasta dejarlo raído de tanto uso

Traducciones de threadbare en el diccionario español»inglés

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raído (raída)

threadbare

rasposo (rasposa) ropa

threadbare

los codos están muy gastados

the elbows have worn very thin o are threadbare

un raído vestido era todo su abrigo liter.

all she was wearing was a threadbare dress

threadbare en el diccionario PONS

Traducciones de threadbare en el diccionario inglés»español

threadbare [ˈθredbeəʳ, ingl. am. -ber] ADJ.

1. threadbare (worn):

threadbare

raído, -a

2. threadbare argument, excuse:

threadbare

trillado, -a

Traducciones de threadbare en el diccionario español»inglés

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ralo (-a) (tejido)

threadbare

calvo (-a)

threadbare

Ejemplos monolingües (no verificados por la redacción de PONS)

inglés

His suits were threadbare but clean, his boots worn but well polished, and he still marched erectly.

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Natural weather cycles caused last season's threadbare snowfall and this winter's expected comeback.

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Its jokes were threadbare and the repetition of the same characters made them seem no more than stereotypes.

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He would analyse a concert threadbare and point to both its positive and negative aspects.

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Live shows had a tendency to resemble hysteria; consequently only the occasional song would hold together as an elongated, threadbare jam.

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It was gray, dusty, fetid and so threadbare in parts that cleaning it was like trying to vacuum concrete.

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Marsh resisted any move away but a threadbare squad suffered relegation 197677.

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To develop so strong a brand on so conspicuously threadbare a rationale is hugely creative - revolutionary even.

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His attire is somewhat threadbare and shabby.

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With players reaching the end of their contracts and loan players returning to their parent clubs, the squad was now starting to look rather threadbare.

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