crippled

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From the verb cripple: (⇒ conjugate)
crippled is: Click the infinitive to see all available inflections
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
crippled adj dated, now offensive!! (person: disabled) (ofensivo)tullido/a adj
  lisiado/a adj
  discapacitada, incapacitado/a adj
Note: "Crippled" used to be a standard way to refer to a disabled person. However it is now considered offensive.
 A crippled woman sat alone by the door.
 Una mujer tullida estaba sentada sola en la puerta.
 Una mujer lisiada estaba sentada sola en la puerta.
 Una mujer discapacitada estaba sentada sola en la puerta.
crippled adj figurative (progress, production: halted)detenido/a, parado/a adj
 The studio is negotiating with unions in an effort to get the crippled filming started again.
 El estudio está negociando con el sindicato para continuar con la película detenida.
crippled adj figurative (country, economy: damaged)dañado/a adj
  maltrecho/a adj
 The country is struggling to repair its crippled economy following the financial crisis.
 El país está luchando por reparar su dañada economía después de la crisis.
crippled adj figurative (machine: damaged)averiado/a, dañado/a adj
 We're going to have to walk because the engine is crippled.
 Vamos a tener que caminar porque el motor está averiado (or: dañado).
crippled adj (animal: lame)cojo/a adj
 The crippled donkey could no longer pull a cart.
 El burro cojo no pudo más tirar de una carreta.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
cripple [sb] vtr (person: physically)lisiar a vtr + prep
  mutilar a vtr + prep
 The gunshot crippled Ben, who never walked again.
 El tiro lisió a Ben, quien nunca más volvió a caminar.
cripple [sth] vtr figurative (machine, process) (máquina)inutilizar vtr
  (proceso)paralizar vtr
 High water crippled the trucks trying to bring supplies.
 La marea alta inutilizó los camiones que traían suministros.
cripple [sth] vtr figurative (plan, efforts)perjudicar vtr
  paralizar vtr
 The town was badly crippled when the factory closed down.
 El cierre de la fábrica perjudicó mucho el pueblo.
cripple n dated, pejorative (lame or handicapped person) (ofensivo)lisiado, lisiada nm, nf
  (ofensivo)tullido, tullida nm, nf
 Zack's twisted legs made it hard to walk, and the children called him 'cripple.'
 A Zack le costaba caminar porque tenía las piernas torcidas y los niños lo llamaban «lisiado».
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Compound Forms:
crippled | cripple
InglésEspañol
crippled with arthritis adj (having severely inflamed joints)inmovilizado por la artritis loc adj
  paralizado por la artritis loc adj
  impedido por la artritis loc adj
 The old lady was crippled with arthritis.
 La anciana estaba paralizada por la artritis.
crippled with debts adj figurative (in extreme financial debt) (figurado)endeudado hasta el cuello loc adj
 Crippled with debts, he was forced to take the first job he could find.
  (figurado)ahogado por las deudas loc adj
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  (figurado, coloquial)endeudado hasta las cejas loc adj
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'crippled' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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Collocations: crippled by the [accident, fall, crash], crippled by a falling [piano, rock, plant pot], crippled him [for life, permanently], more...

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