Thin

Portuguese Meaning

fino

magro

delicado

esbelto

delgado

afilado

esguio

estreito

franzino

escasso

minguado

não espesso

pouco abundante

pouco cerrado

ralo

adelgaçado

ténue

English Meaning

  1. Relatively small in extent from one surface to the opposite, usually in the smallest solid dimension: a thin book.
  2. Not great in diameter or cross section; fine: thin wire.
  3. Lean or slender in form, build, or stature.
  4. Not dense or concentrated; sparse: the thin vegetation of the plateau.
  5. More rarefied than normal: thin air.
  6. Flowing with relative ease; not viscous: a thin oil.
  7. Watery: thin soup.
  8. Sparsely supplied or provided; scanty: a thin menu; thin trading.
  9. Lacking force or substance; flimsy: a thin attempt.
  10. Lacking resonance or fullness; tinny: The piano had a thin sound.
  11. Lacking radiance or intensity: thin light.
  12. Not having enough photographic density or contrast to make satisfactory prints. Used of a negative.
  13. In a thin manner: Spread the varnish thin if you don't want it to wrinkle.
  14. So as to be thin: Cut the cheese thin.
  15. To make or become thin or thinner.