WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| tenuous adj | (argument, claim: weak) | poco convincente loc adj |
| | | flojo/a adj |
| | Bill's accusation that Steven stole the gold was tenuous since there was no evidence. |
| | La acusación de Bill de que Steven había robado el oro era poco convincente, dado que no había pruebas. |
| tenuous adj | (grasp, sense of [sth]: weak) | escaso/a, limitado/a adj |
| | | débil adj mf |
| | The student is struggling in her maths lessons: her understanding of matrices is tenuous. |
| tenuous adj | (idea, notion: weak, unconvincing) | vago/a adj |
| | | indefinido/a adj |
| tenuous adj | (account: insubstantial, flimsy) | vago/a adj |
| | | poco claro loc adj |
| | The man's tenuous account of his actions on that day raised suspicions of his guilt. |
| tenuous adj | (role, position: not significant) | irrelevante, insignificante adj mf |
| | | poco importante, sin importancia loc adj |
| tenuous adj | (connection, link: weak) | tenue adj mf |
| | | débil adj mf |
| | The link between those two ideas is tenuous at best. |
| tenuous adj | (thread: fine, thin) | endeble adj mf |
| | | delgado/a adj |
| | | tenue adj mf |
| | Gretchen tried to mend her socks, but the fibers were tenuous and broke easily. |
| | Gretchen intentó arreglarse los calcetines, pero las fibras eran demasiado endebles y se rompían fácilmente. |
| tenuous adj | (grip, grasp: on a rope, etc.) | débil adj mf |
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