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University of Vigo

English-Galician CLUVI Dictionary, 2nd edition (revised version 2.2)

(Based on the CLUVI Corpus of the University of Vigo)



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In Galician
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- faculty, fad, fade, faded, faery, faggy, fail, failure, fain, faint, faint-hearted, faintly, fair, fair-haired, fairly, fairness, fairy, faith, faithful


faint


- adjective
- feble

EN The faint sound of Thornton's voice came to them, and though they could not make out the words of it, they knew that he was in his extremity.
GL Entón chegou ata eles o feble sonido da voz de Thornton e, aínda que non escoitaron as palabras, comprenderon que estaba a chegar ó fin das súas forzas.
- Fonte: CHA (1284)
- tenue

EN The faint thought she was thinking of Mrs Ramsay seemed in consonance with this quiet house; this smoke; this fine early morning air.
GL A tenue imaxe da señora Ramsay na súa lembranza semellaba en consonancia con aquela casa tranquila; con aquel fume; con aquela brisa fina de pola mañá cedo.
- Fonte: CAR (2518)
- esvaecido

EN The laboratory grew faint and hazy, then fainter and ever fainter.
GL O laboratorio fíxose máis borroso e esvaecido, cada vez máis e máis esvaecido.
- Fonte: TEM (422)


- noun
- desmaio

EN Now that the pallor of his faint was over, he was a skinny, vivid little boy, with a glance coming up from under a hut of straight hair that hung down, black and coarse.
GL Agora que a palidez do seu desmaio se sumira, víase que era un rapaz delgado e espelido, cun ollar que saía do pelo laso, negro e áspero, que lle caía pola fronte.
- Fonte: SEN (525)


- intransitive verb
- desmaiarse

EN When at last I couldn't hold any more, I took out my money and unfolded it, took one glimpse and nearly fainted.
GL Cando por fin xa non fun quen de inxerir nada máis, saquei os meus cartos e desenvolvinos, boteilles unha ollada e case me desmaio.
- Fonte: BIL (42)