WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| ailing adj | (person: ill) | enfermo/a adj |
| | Damion helps elderly and ailing people by delivering their groceries and prescription medications to them. |
| | Damion ayuda a las personas mayores y enfermas entregándoles sus compras de comestibles y de medicamentos recetados. |
| ailing adj | figurative (failing) | descompuesto/a adj |
| | | que falla loc adj |
| | The ailing aircraft made an emergency landing in Sweden. |
| | La aeronave descompuesta realizó un aterrizaje de emergencia en Suecia. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| ail⇒ vi | dated (person: be sick, ill) | estar enfermo loc verb |
| | | afligir⇒ vi |
| | | doler⇒ vi |
| Note: Usually used in continous tenses |
| | The patient has been ailing for a month. |
| | Este paciente ha estado enfermo durante un mes. |
| ail vi | figurative (economy, etc.: do badly) | ir mal loc verb |
| Note: Usually used in continous tenses |
| | It is hard to justify giving you a pay rise when the company's finances are ailing. |
| | Es difícil justificar darte un aumento de sueldo cuando las finanzas de la compañía van mal. |
| ail [sb]⇒ vtr | literary, archaic (cause pain, illness to) | afligir a vtr + prep |
| | | aquejar a vtr + prep |
| | | producir dolor a loc verb |
| | | producir malestar a loc verb |
| | What ails you, my child? You look so sad. |
| | ¿Qué te aflige, hijo mío? Te ves tan triste. |