Adjective: fraco
Hyphenation:
| Singular m. | fraco |
| Singular f. | fraca |
| Plural m. | fracos |
| Plural f. | fracas |
Sample Sentences
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Que si ben o esprito está pronto, a carne sin embargo é fraca (Because even if the spirit is willing, the flesh is weak) [1861, José Sánchez de Santamarina, transl., Gospel of Matthew, page 115:]
Adjectives inflected like fraco
preguiceiro,
metafórico,
perdulário,
metafísico,
anxélico,
serbio,
sañudo,
severo,
seguro,
sedoso,
sabido,
atmosférico,
estremeiro,
romántico,
metódico,
satisfeito,
sonoro,
sollío,
sobexo,
sisudo, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese fraco (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), a semi-learned borrowing from Latin flaccus (“flaccid”). Compare Portuguese fraco and Spanish flaco. See: Latin Adjectives '
flaccus', Portuguese Adjectives '
fraco', Spanish Adjectives '
flaco'.
Verbs referencing "fraco"
Portuguese Adjectives
fraco.
Translations