vulnerability

vulnerabilidad

Estado de quien puede sufrir daño o ser atacado con facilidad.

En inglés sencillo: The condition of being easily hurt or attacked.

• Poverty increases children’s vulnerability.
• He spoke openly about his emotional vulnerability.
• The floods revealed the town’s vulnerability to extreme weather.

Cómo se usa: vulnerability to something (The report highlights their vulnerability to disease.)

Sinónimos: susceptibility, weakness

Antónimos: invulnerability

Expresiones frecuentes: emotional vulnerability, vulnerability to something, physical vulnerability

vulnerabilidad, punto débil

Debilidad que permite causar daño o atacar a una persona o cosa.

En inglés sencillo: A weak point that allows someone or something to be hurt or attacked.

• The update fixes a security vulnerability.
• Hackers exploited a vulnerability in the software.
• Investigators discovered several vulnerabilities in the building’s defenses.

Cómo se usa: vulnerability in something (They found a vulnerability in the payment system.)

Sinónimos: weakness, flaw

Expresiones frecuentes: security vulnerability, a serious vulnerability, exploit a vulnerability