dying

moribundo, agonizante

Que está a punto de morir o pierde fuerzas al acercarse la muerte.

En inglés sencillo: About to lose life, or becoming weaker as death gets closer.

• They tried to save the dying bird.
• She stayed beside her dying father.
• The nurse cared for sick and dying patients.

Expresiones frecuentes: a dying patient, dying tree, the dying

en decadencia, en extinción

Que pierde fuerza o actividad y se acerca a su fin.

En inglés sencillo: Becoming weaker, less active, or close to ending.

• Fishing is a dying industry here.
• They scored in the dying minutes of the match.
• We sat beside the dying fire until midnight.

Sinónimos: declining, fading

Antónimos: growing, thriving

Expresiones frecuentes: dying industry, dying moments, dying art

último, postrero

Que ocurre o se expresa en los últimos momentos de la vida de alguien.

En inglés sencillo: Happening or expressed during the last moments of someone’s life.

• Her dying wish was to see the sea.
• His dying words were a message for his daughter.
• She used her dying breath to ask for forgiveness.

Sinónimos: last, final

Expresiones frecuentes: dying words, dying wish, dying breath

muerte, agonía

Proceso por el que una persona u otro ser vivo deja de vivir.

En inglés sencillo: The process in which a person or another living thing loses life.

• The book explores death and dying.
• She believed that dying should be peaceful.
• His gradual dying was difficult for the family to witness.

Sinónimos: death

Expresiones frecuentes: death and dying, process of dying, fear of dying