Depression in Spanish

Question

How are the words depressed and depression used in Spanish?

In English they have the double meaning of being sad and/or suffering from the illness called depression. The line between those meanings is ambivalent and gives rise to a host of associations with the word 'depressed'.

I wonder if it's the same in Spanish.

(In Hebrew, for example, they say "I'm in depression" for both implications)

Answer 1

Hola,

It is like in English. It depends on the context when you use the word. Some times "la depre" means "the blues".

Hopefully other people will explain further.