Crops wither or are washed away by flooding, villages are destroyed by cyclones, the development of whole regions is set back years in a single night.

Las cosechas se marchitan o quedan arrasadas por las inundaciones, los poblados son destruidos por ciclones, el desarrollo de regiones enteras retrocede varios años en una sola noche.

We are hopeful that in this sector the governance of globalisation is flourishing, and not withering away, as is unfortunately happening in other sectors.

Esperamos que, en este sector, florezca la gobernanza de la mundialización y que no se marchite, como desafortunadamente está ocurriendo en otros sectores.

to wither(also: to fade)

marchitarse {r. v.}

to wither(also: to flatten, to overwhelm, to squelch, to swat)

aplastar [aplastando · aplastado] {v.t.}

to wither(also: to turn sour, to yellow)

acedarse {r. v.}

to wither

achilarse {vb} [Col.]

to wither

agostar [agostando · agostado] {v.t.} (plantas)

to wither(also: to become parched)

agostarse {vb} (vegetación)

to wither

languidecer [languideciendo · languidecido] {v.i.}

to wither [withered · withered] {transitive verb}

to wither(also: to stultify)

atrofiar [atrofiando · atrofiado] {vb}

to wither(also: to debilitate, to enfeeble, to weaken, to drag down)

debilitar [debilitando · debilitado] {vb}

to wither(also: to deplete, to tail off, to thin out)

mermar [mermando · mermado] {vb}

to wither [withered · withered] {intransitive verb}

to wither(also: to waste away)

atrofiarse {vb}

to wither(also: to recede, to evanesce, to dematerialize, to disappear)

desvanecerse {vb}

to wither(also: to decay, to decline, to droop, to ebb)

decaer [decayendo · decaído] {vb}

SYNONYMS

Synonyms (English) for "withered":

withered

dried-up- sear- sere- shriveled- shrivelled- shrunken- wizen- wizened

CONTEXT EXAMPLES

Context examples for "withered" in Spanish(!) These sentences come from external sources & may not be accurate. Therefore, we are not responsible for their content.

the flowers have withered

las flores se han ajado

"withered" in Spanish

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