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cardiacos
-cardiac
Masculine plural of cardiaco (adjective)
cardiacos
Masculine plural of cardiaco (noun)
cardíacos
-heart
Masculine plural of cardíaco (adjective)

cardiaco

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This word may also be spelled "cardíaco."
cardiaco, el cardiaco, la cardiaca(
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An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
adjective
a. cardiac
La causa de muerte del paciente fue un paro cardiaco.The patient's cause of death was cardiac arrest.
b. heart
Marcos toma una medicina para controlar el ritmo cardiaco irregular que padece.Marcos is on medication to control his irregular heart rate.
This means that the noun can be masculine or feminine, depending on the gender of the noun it refers to (e.g., el doctor, la doctora).
masculine or feminine noun
a. heart patient
Los cardiacos deben seguir una dieta especial para controlar su condición.Heart patients have to follow a special diet to control their condition.
b.
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
no direct translation
Los cardiacos deben moderar el consumo de sal.People with heart conditions need to reduce their salt intake.
El aviso prohibe que cardiacos se suban a la montaña rusa.The warning bans people with heart complaints from riding the rolller coaster.
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