brittle
 adjective
 fráxil
EN He found his place near to the road, a little clearing where deer might have lain, and it was curtained thickly with the dry brittle trees that lined the road.
GL Encontrou un sitio preto da corredoira, nun pequeno clareiro, onde debían descansa-los veados. Estaba escondido por unha espesura de secas e fráxiles árbores que delimitaban o camiño.
 Fonte: PER (1246)
quebradizo
 Variante minoritaria de crebadizo |
EN The life of his body, ill clad, ill fed, louse-eaten, made him close his eyelids in a sudden spasm of despair and in the darkness he saw the brittle bright bodies of lice falling from the air and turning often as they fell.
GL A vida do seu corpo, mal vestido, mal mantido, comesto de piollos, obrigouno a cerrar as pálpebras nun súbito espasmo de desesperación e na escuridade viu pequenos corpos de piollos, brillantes e quebradizos, caendo polo aire e rolando sobre si mesmos na caída.
Fonte: RET (4690)
crebadizo
| Variante preferente con respecto a quebradizo |
EN A crackling noise issues from the loudspeakers as the strip of brittle celluloid is pulled through the projector.
GL Unha especie de ruxido xorde dos altofalantes a medida que a banda de celuloide crebadizo escorrega polo proxector.
Fonte: C32 (686)
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