sick

enfermo

USAGE NOTE

This word must be preceded by the definite article in the sense shown in 8).

sick(sihk)

adjective

1. (ill)

a. enfermo

Don't go to work if you feel sick.

No vayas al trabajo si te sientes enfermo.

b. malo

I've been sick for a week now.

Llevo una semana malo ya.

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.

3. (fed up; used with "of")

a. harto de

I'm sick of putting up with them.

Estoy harta de aguantarlos.

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.

5. (inappropriate)

a. de mal gusto

She was quite offended with his sick joke.

Ese chiste suyo de mal gusto la ofendió.

6.

(colloquial)

(cool)

(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)

Look, that car is super sick.

Mira, ese carro está súper chévere.

c. padrísimo

(colloquial)

(Mexico)

My uncle lives in a sick house in Polanco.

Mi tío vive en una casa padrísimo en Polanco.

d. bacán

(colloquial)

(South America)

That's a sick watch, dude.

Está bacán tu reloj, amigo.

noun

7.

(colloquial)

(vomit) (United Kingdom)

a. el vómito

(M)

There was a pool of sick in the toilet.

Había un charco de vómito en el inodoro.

b. el devuelto

(M)

What is that you're eating? It looks like a plate of sick.

¿Qué estás comiendo? Parece un plato de devuelto.

plural noun

8. (ill people)

a. los enfermos

(M)

This religious order helps the sick.

Esta orden religiosa ayuda a los enfermos.

sick

Noun

1. (colloquial) (United Kingdom)

a. el vómito

(M)

(vomit)

b. el devuelto

(M)

(Spain)

2. (general)

a.

the sicklos enfermos

adjective

3. (ill)

a. enfermo(a)

to be sickestar enfermo

to feel sicksentirse mal

to make oneself sickprovocarse el vómito

you're going to make yourself sick!¡te vas a empachar!

4. (fig)

a.

it makes me sick!¡me pone enfermo(a)!

5. (fig)

a.

to be worried sickestar muerto(a) de preocupación

sick bayenfermería f

sick leavebaja por enfermedad

sick notecertificado de baja (por enfermedad)

sick paypaga por enfermedad

6. (fed up)

a.

to be sick of somebody/somethingestar harto(a) de alguien/algo

to grow sick of somethinghartarse de algo

to be sick and tired of somebody/something, to be sick to death of somebody/somethingestar hasta la coronilla de alguien/algo

7. (cruel; humor, joke)

a. morboso(a), macabro(a)

8. (person)

a. retorcido(a)

to have a sick mindtener una mente retorcida, ser retorcido

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sick [sɪk]

adjective

sicker (comparative)sickest (superlative)

1 (ill) [+person] enfermo; [+animal] malo; enfermo

your uncle is very sick tu tío está muy enfermo

...a sick child... I remembered how sick she had been.

to fall sick enfermar; caer enfermo

The two girls fell sick and died.

to go sick faltar por estar enfermo al colegio, trabajo etc; (al colegio, trabajo etc) (with a medical certificate) estar de baja

He went sick for three days last week

to make sb look sick (US) (appear inferior) hacer parecer poca cosa a algn

the Romanians made our team look sick los rumanos dejaron a nuestro equipo muy atrás; el equipo rumano era como para darle complejo a nuestro equipo (informal)

to be off sick faltar por estar enfermo al colegio, trabajo etc; (al colegio, trabajo etc) (with a medical certificate) estar de baja

He had a bout of malaria and was off sick for some time.

she phoned or called in sick llamó para decir que estaba enferma

George won't be at the meeting. He phoned in sick this morning to be [worried] sick sick with [worry] He was worried sick/sick with worry that the factory might close. Where have you been? I've been sick with worry/ worried sick

to be sick at heart also (despondent) estar angustiado

More of my friends were leaving the war-torn city, for the simple reason that they were sick at heart After playing so valiantly, one small mistake lost them the match. The whole team must have been sick at heart

worried worry

2

to be sick (Britain) (vomit) devolver; vomitar

I think I'm going to be sick... He was kneeling by the lavatory being violently sick.

to feel sick (Britain) (nauseous) tener ganas de devolver or de vomitar; tener náuseas

flying makes me feel sick ir en avión me produce mareo or náuseas

to make sb sick hacer devolver or vomitar a algn

eating too many chocolates made her sick

to make o.s. sick (deliberately) hacerse vomitar or devolver

I stuck my fingers down my throat to make myself sick

you'll make yourself sick if you eat all those sweets te vas a poner malo si comes todos esos caramelos

to be as sick as a dog echar las tripas (very_informal); echar la primera papilla (very_informal)

He eats 16 chocolate eggs and is as sick as a dog to be sick to one's stomach

airsick seasick travel-sick

3 (fed up)

to be sick of (doing) sth estar harto de (hacer) algo (informal)

Europe was sick of war... I'm sick of those people, they're so bloody boring We're sick of sitting around waiting for something to happen...

to be sick and tired or sick to death of (doing) sth estar hasta la coronilla de (hacer) algo (informal); estar más que harto de (hacer) algo (informal)

The American people have said in numerous polls that they're sick and tired of the whole thing I'm sick and tired of having to repeat myself

to be sick of the sight of sb estar más que harto de algn (informal)

to be sick [to] death of (doing) sth I'm sick to death of all this sport on TV at the moment Politicians? I'm just sick to death of all of them I'm sick to death of hearing about it

to be as sick as a parrot (Britain) sentirse fatal

Suddenly finding himself on the dole, Paul Avery said: "I'm as sick as a parrot. I've got debts, I've got problems. What am I going to do now?" "How did you feel when you had an open goal and missed?" - "I felt sick as a parrot."

4 (disgusted)

I feel sick about the way she was treated me asquea la forma en que la trataron

it makes me sick the way they waste our money me pone enferma ver la manera en que malgastan nuestro dinero

she's never without a boyfriend, makes you sick, doesn't it? siempre tiene algún novio, da rabia ¿no? (informal); it's enough to make you sick es como para sacarle a uno de quicio; es como para desesperarse

after all she said about him, she went and bought him a birthday present! it's enough to make you sick it's enough to make you sick, the way he sucks up to the boss they deducted 40% in taxes - it's enough to make you sick we missed the train by 1 minute - it's enough to make you sick! Then, just as you begin to believe you might win a game, you start getting hammered. It's enough to make you sick

you make me sick! ¡me das asco!; it makes me sick to my stomach me revienta; me da ganas de vomitar

I feel sick about what happened After it was all over I just felt sick (inside) It makes me sick to my stomach, every time I sit in a meeting and hear the same stupid arguments

5 (morbid) [+joke, act] de mal gusto; [+person, mind, sense of humour] morboso

it was the sickest thing she had ever heard of These boys have got a very sick wense of humour Who would be so sick as to do such a thing?... what kind of sick mind would think up something like that? she made a rather sick [joke]...

noun

1

the sick los enfermos

The sick and the lonely are most at risk.

2 (Britain) (vomit) vómito (m); devuelto (m)

...a fat baby, who smelled of sick. his clothes were covered in sick

modifier

sick bag (n) bolsa (f) para el mareo

sick building syndrome (n) síndrome (m) del edificio enfermo

sick leave (n)

to be on sick leave tener permiso or baja por enfermedad; (Esp)

sick list (n) lista (f) de enfermos

to be on the sick list estar de permiso or de baja por enfermedad; (Esp)

sick note (n) justificante (m) por enfermedad

his dad wrote him a sick note for his teacher

sick pay (n) pago que se percibe mientras se está con permiso por enfermedad; baja (f); (Esp)