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thin

/θɪn/

Translation

adj
[comp thinner, superl thinnest]
delgado,da
a thin man
un hombre delgado
fino,na
a thin layer of frost
una capa fina de escarcha
aguado,da
thin soup
sopa aguada
claro,ra
out of thin air
de la nada
He appeared out of thin air
Apareció de la nada
(Definition of thin adj from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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