WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| crippling adj | (disabling) | incapacitante adj mf |
| | Multiple sclerosis is a crippling disease. |
| | La esclerosis múltiple es una enfermedad incapacitante. |
| crippling n | figurative (damaging severely) (economía, figurado) | devastación nf |
| | | empobrecimiento nm |
| | | daño nm |
| | The crippling of the economy had far-reaching effects in society. |
| | The team dealt a crippling blow to their opponents. |
| | La devastación de la economía tuvo efectos de largo alcance en la sociedad. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| 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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