debilitarse — meaning in English

English meaning

• languish verb To gradually lose strength, vitality, or spirit, especially over a long period of neglect or hardship.
• weaken verb To make something less strong.

Senses

debilitarse is used for these senses in English:

• break down (ergative, figuratively) To render or to become weak and ineffective.
• languish (intransitive) To be neglected; to make little progress, be unsuccessful. [from 17th c.]
• peter out (intransitive, originally, US) Synonym of peter (“to diminish to nothing, (originally) to refer to a vein of ore”).
• weaken (intransitive) To become weaker or less strong.

weaken — full definition

1. verb To make something less strong.
2. verb To become less strong.

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