English
Etymology
weak + -en
Pronunciation
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Rhymes: -iːkən
Verb
weaken (third-person singular simple present weakens , present participle weakening , simple past and past participle weakened )
( transitive ) To make weaker.
( intransitive ) To become weaker .
Translations
to make weaker
Belarusian: аслабля́ць ( aslabljácʹ ) , асла́біць ( aslábicʹ )
Catalan: debilitar (ca) , afeblir (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 削弱 (zh) ( xuēruò ) , 減弱 / 减弱 (zh) ( jiǎnruò ) , 减弱 (zh) ( jiǎnruò )
Czech: oslabit
Dutch: verzwakken (nl)
Finnish: heikentää (fi)
French: affaiblir (fr)
German: schwächen (de) , abschwächen (de)
Hebrew: החליש m ( hechlish )
Hungarian: gyengít (hu)
Italian: indebolire (it) , spossare (it)
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Japanese: 弱くする ( yowaku suru )
Latin: debilito , infirmo , labefactō , ēnervō
Latvian: vājināt
Malagasy: manalemy (mg)
Maori: whakaeo , whakaruhi , whakamakuhane , whakangoikore , whakaiwikore , tāmōmō
Portuguese: enfraquecer (pt)
Russian: ослабля́ть (ru) impf ( oslabljátʹ ) , осла́бить (ru) pf ( oslábitʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: lagaich
Spanish: debilitar (es) , languir
Swahili: dhii (sw)
Swedish: försvaga (sv)
to become weaker
Aromanian: slãghescu
Catalan: debilitar-se , afeblir-se (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 削弱 (zh) ( xuēruò ) , 減弱 / 减弱 (zh) ( jiǎnruò ) , 减弱 (zh) ( jiǎnruò )
Dutch: verzwakken (nl)
Finnish: heikentyä (fi) , heiketä (fi)
French: s’affaiblir (fr)
German: schwächeln (de)
Hungarian: gyengül (hu)
Ido: debileskar (io)
Italian: indebolirsi (it)
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Japanese: 弱くなる ( yowaku naru ) , 衰える (ja) ( otoroeru ) , 弱気になる ( yowaki ni naru )
Latin: infirmor
Maori: kōngenge , ngongohe , taero
Mongolian: сулрах (mn) ( sulrax )
Polish: słabnąć (pl) impf , osłabnąć pf
Portuguese: enfraquecer (pt)
Romanian: slăbi (ro)
Russian: слабе́ть (ru) impf ( slabétʹ ) , ослабева́ть (ru) impf ( oslabevátʹ ) , ослабе́ть (ru) pf ( oslabétʹ ) , осла́бнуть (ru) pf ( oslábnutʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: lagaich
Spanish: debilitarse (es) , languecer , languidecer (es)
Swedish: försvagas (sv) , mattas (sv)