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brittle

English

  1. 🔊 having little elasticity
    “brittle bones”
  2. 🔊 (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured
  3. 🔊 lacking warmth and generosity of spirit
    “a brittle and calculating woman”
  4. 🔊 caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets

Spanish

  1. 🔊 quebradizo brittle, crumbly, friable, fragile, delicate

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