Translation of decrepit – English-Portuguese dictionary

decrepit

adjective
uk
/dɪˈkrep.ɪt/
us
/dɪˈkrep.ɪt/
in very bad condition because of being old, or not having been cared for, or having been used a lot
decrépito
Most of the buildings were old and decrepit. A maioria dos prédios era velha e decrépita.
A decrepit old man sat on a park bench.

(Translation of decrepit from the Cambridge English-Portuguese Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translation of decrepit | PASSWORD English–Portuguese Dictionary

decrepit
adjective
/diˈkrepit/
(of a person or a thing) old and no longer in good health or condition
decrépito
a decrepit old man
a decrepit building

(Translation of decrepit from the PASSWORD English-Portuguese Dictionary © 2021 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Examples of decrepit

decrepit
They described themselves in their own words as capable and incapable, able and unable, beautiful and decrepit, funny and feeble.
This law stated that ' the aged and decrepit ' of every parish were to be supported by a tax, collected from all those who held property in the parish.
Overcrowded cells, decrepit and unhygienic conditions and barren regimes are the every-day experience in many of our gaols.
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Does he really believe that it has become decrepit in two years?
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There we saw a decrepit old house with 130 women and children in the most abysmal and appalling conditions.
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The old and decrepit constituted the majority of people living in hospitals.
I believe that suffering must inevitably occur, quite apart from anything else, in sending these decrepit horses across the sea.
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Elderly men retained the primary responsibility for their own upkeep until they were absolutely decrepit.
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Translations of decrepit

in Chinese (Traditional)
破舊的,年久失修的, 破爛不堪的, 老朽的…
in Chinese (Simplified)
破旧的,年久失修的, 破烂不堪的, 老朽的…
in Spanish
destartalado, decrépito, Decrepito…
in more languages
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in Polish
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in Ukrainian
harap, yıpranmış, çökmüş…
délabré…
afgeleefd, vervallen…
sešlý, zchátralý…
affældig, faldefærdig…
renta, tua sekali…
แก่, เสื่อมสภาพ…
già yếu, hư nát…
walący się, zgrzybiały, rozpadający się…
skröplig, orkeslös…
uzur…
altersschwach, baufällig…
dekrepitt…
старезний, зношений…
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