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"Ripe" is an adjective which is often translated as "maduro", and "sick" is an adjective which is often translated as "enfermo". Learn more about the difference between "ripe" and "sick" below.
ripe(
rayp
)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
1. (culinary)
2. (ready)
a. listo
The troops are ripe for deployment to the battlefield.Las tropas están listas para ser desplegadas en el campo de batalla.
3. (convenient)
a. oportuno
The time is ripe to make the changes the company needs.Es el momento oportuno para hacer las modificaciones que la empresa necesita.
sick(
sihk
)An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
1. (ill)
2. (nauseated)
a. mareado
I feel a bit sick. I think I need to sit down for a bit.Me siento algo mareado. Creo que debería sentarme un rato.
4. (gruesome)
a. morboso
Uncle Armando has a sick fascination with traffic accidents.El tío Armando tiene una fascinación morbosa con los accidentes de tránsito.
6. (colloquial) (cool) (United States)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United States
a. genial
My brother bought a sick bike this weekend.Mi hermano se compró una moto genial este fin de semana.
b. chévere (colloquial) (Latin America)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
Look, that car is super sick.Mira, ese carro está súper chévere.
c. padrísimo (colloquial) (Mexico)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Mexico
My uncle lives in a sick house in Polanco.Mi tío vive en una casa padrísimo en Polanco.
d. bacán (colloquial) (South America)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela
That's a sick watch, dude.Está bacán tu reloj, amigo.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
7. (colloquial) (vomit) (United Kingdom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
b. el devuelto (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
What is that you're eating? It looks like a plate of sick.¿Qué estás comiendo? Parece un plato de devuelto.
A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
8. (ill people)
a. los enfermos (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
This religious order helps the sick.Esta orden religiosa ayuda a los enfermos.
