| Principal Translations |
| numb adj | (without feeling) | entumecido/a adj |
| | | dormido/a adj |
| | | adormecido adj |
| | (figurado) | anestesiado adj |
| | When Kate woke up, her arm was completely numb because she had been lying on it. |
| | Cuando Kate despertó, tenía el brazo completamente entumecido porque se había dormido sobre él. |
| numb adj | (paralyzed) | paralizado adj |
| | (figurado) | dormido/a adj |
| | After she broke her back, Kate's legs were permanently numb. |
| | Después de romperse la espalda, las piernas de Kate quedaron paralizadas. |
| numb to [sth] adj + prep | figurative (desensitized) | insensible ante, insensible a adj + prep |
| | (figurado) | cegado a adj + prep |
| | (figurado) | bloqueado ante adj + prep |
| | City people often become numb to the suffering of the homeless. |
| | Los citadinos a menudo se vuelven insensibles ante el sufrimiento de los indigentes. |
| numb [sth/sb]⇒ vtr | (make numb) | entumecer⇒ vtr |
| | | adormecer⇒ vtr |
| | (con medicamento) | anestesiar⇒ vtr |
| Note: Ante complemento directo de persona debe usarse la preposición «a». |
| | The dentist numbed my mouth before he began working on my teeth. |
| | El dentista entumeció mi boca antes de empezar a trabajar en mis dientes. |
| numb [sb]⇒ vtr | figurative, often passive (desensitize to emotion) | insensibilizar a alguien vtr + prep |
| | The trauma of his childhood experiences has numbed him. |
| | El trauma de sus experiencias de la infancia lo insensibilizó. |
| numb [sb] to [sth] vtr + prep | figurative, often passive (desensitize to effects of [sth]) | insensibilizar a alguien ante algo vtr + prep |
| | It's arguable that action movies numb us to the true effects of violence. |
| | Podría sostenerse que las películas de acción nos insensibilizan ante los efectos de la violencia en la vida real. |