illness

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈɪlnɪs/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈɪlnɪs/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(il′nis)

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
illness n (sickness)enfermedad nf
  padecimiento nm
 There was an illness going around in school, so Gary's mom pulled him out of school for a week.
 Había una enfermedad recorriendo la escuela así que la madre de Gary lo retiró por una semana.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
illness n (mental illness) (mental)enfermedad nf
  demencia nf
 Larry had an illness that made it difficult for him to speak.
 Larry tenía una enfermedad que le dificultaba hablar.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
mental illness n (psychiatric disorder)enfermedad mental loc nom f
 In some backward-thinking societies, mental illness is still regarded as something to be ashamed of.
 En algunas sociedades retrógradas, todavía se considera que las enfermedades mentales son algo de lo que estar avergonzado.
terminal illness n (incurable, fatal disease)enfermedad terminal nf + adj mf
 Arthur died from a terminal illness.
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'illness' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
acute - acuteness - ail - ailment - alienist - altitude sickness - animal disease - attack - bad case of - bad health - black lung disease - bout - childbed fever - chill - chronic condition - chronic disease - cold sweat - come on - committal - complaint - condition - convalescence - conversion disorder - coronary heart disease - coronavirus disease - COVID-19 - cure - depressive disorder - develop - development - diagnose - diagnostic - diagnostic test - die - disability compensation - disability insurance - disease-ridden - drug treatment - dysentery - early stage - early symptom - ergotism - food poisoning - genetic disease - genetic screening - get - get well - get worse - go around - grow sickly
Spanish:
afección - enfermedad - padecimiento - indisposición - alienista - batallar contra una enfermedad - dolencia - enfermedad avanzada - enfermedad degenerativa - enfermedad gastrointestinal - enfermedad hereditaria - enfermedad laboral - enfermedad respiratoria - enfermedad subyacente - mal - morbosidad - psicosis

Collocations: has [an untreatable, a terminal] illness, suffering from [an untreatable] illness, was unable to [diagnose, treat] the illness, more...

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