Swedish English Dictionary

Svenska - English

bräcklig in English:

1. frail frail


Johnny has always been frail.
My grandmother was gradually becoming forgetful and frail.
He was too frail to play games outdoors.
Child was very frail and weak.
He is frail, but still manages to walk with a stick.
The elderly patient was considered too frail to survive an operation
His leathered skin and bald scalp made him look more frail than they did wise.
the country's frail economy
her health is quite frail
My grandmother is too frail now to get in and out of bed by herself.

English word "bräcklig"(frail) occurs in sets:

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2. fragile


Bjørn has always been fragile.
Could you put these fragile things in a safe place?
The Earth's climate is fragile.
He attached a "Fragile" label to the package.
All of the longing and wishes for good fortune are wrapped up in the fragile skin of the dumplings.
Flowers are so fragile and so beautiful, that you can't speak about them without poetry or metaphors.
My chest had become softer than the fig tree's fruit and my heart had become more fragile than the fig tree's leaves.
These fragile items must be insured against all risks.
I never said I was fragile.
Eileen is a fragile child - we can't send her to a regular school.
The model plane they built was fragile.
The vase is fragile. It’s made of china.
fragile ego
Please be careful with that vase – it’s very fragile!
Many fragile species are on the verge of extinction.

English word "bräcklig"(fragile) occurs in sets:

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