malingerer
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ma·lin·ger
(mə-lĭng′gər)intr.v. ma·lin·gered, ma·lin·ger·ing, ma·lin·gers
To feign illness or other incapacity in order to avoid duty or work.
[From French malingre, sickly.]
ma·lin′ger·er n.
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مُتَمارِض
-kasimulant
pjækker
lógósszimuláns
skrópari
simulant
hastalık taslayan
malingerer
[məˈlɪŋgərəʳ] N → enfermo/a m/f fingido/aCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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malingerer
n → Simulant(in) m(f)
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malinger
(məˈliŋgə) verb to pretend to be unwell eg in order to avoid work. He says he's ill, but I think he's just malingering.
maˈlingerer nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
ma·lin·ger·er
n. simulador-a, persona que finge o exagera los síntomas de una enfermedad.
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