Significado de sick en inglés
sicksick1 /sɪk/ adjective 
Ver todas las traducciones1ill especially American English suffering from a disease or illnessque padece una enfermedad o dolencia: 
His mother’s very sick.Su madre está muy enferma. Maria can’t come in today because she’s sick.María no puede venir hoy porque está enferma. a sick childun niño enfermo a sick animalun animal enfermosick with I have been sick with flu.He estado enfermo con gripe.get sick (=become ill)(=enfermarse) American English At the last minute, I got sick and couldn’t go.En el último momento, me enfermé y no pude ir.be off sick British English, be out sick American English (=be away from work or school because you are ill)(=ausentarse del trabajo o la escuela por enfermedad) Two of his employees were out sick.Dos de sus empleados estaban ausentes por enfermedad. I was off sick for four days with the flu.Estuve cuatro días de baja por gripe.phone/ring/call in sick (=phone to say you are not coming to work because you are ill)(=llamar por teléfono para avisar que no se va a trabajar por enfermedad) He was upset because it was the first day of the sale and Astrid had called in sick.Estaba molesto porque era el primer día de las rebajas y Astrid había llamado para decir que estaba enferma. What will happen to the business if you fall sick (=become ill) or die?¿Qué pasará con el negocio si caes enfermo (=te enfermas) o mueres? He took sick (=became ill) and died a week later.Cayó enfermo (=se enfermó) y murió una semana después. Pete’s at home in bed, as sick as a dog (=very sick).Pete está en casa en cama, enfermísimo (=muy enfermo).► see thesaurus at ill2be sick if you are sick, the food in your stomach comes up through your mouthvomitar; expulsar el contenido del estómago por la boca SYN vomit, throw up: I think I’m going to be sick.Creo que voy a vomitar. He dashed to the bathroom and was sick again.Corrió al baño y vomitó de nuevo. The cat’s been sick on the carpet.El gato ha vomitado en la alfombra. You’ll be sick if you eat any more of that chocolate!¡Vas a vomitar si comes más de ese chocolate! I was violently sick (=suddenly and severely sick) the last time I ate prawns.La última vez que comí gambas vomité violentamente (=de manera repentina y grave).3feel sick (also be/feel sick to your stomach American English) to feel as if you are going to vomitsentir náuseas, como si fuera a vomitar: As soon as the ship started moving I began to feel sick.En cuanto el barco empezó a moverse, comencé a sentir náuseas.sick with Mary felt sick with fear.Mary sintió náuseas de miedo. She began to shiver, feeling sick to her stomach.Empezó a temblar, con el estómago revuelto. Virginia had a sick feeling in her stomach.Virginia sintió un malestar en el estómago. → carsick, seasick, → travel-sick at travel sickness4make me/you sick spokenoral a)to make you feel very angryprovocar mucha rabia; hacer sentir muy enojado: People like you make me sick!¡La gente como tú me da asco! b)to make you feel jealous – used humorouslyprovocar envidia — usado humorísticamente: You make me sick with your ‘expenses paid’ holidays!¡Me das una envidia horrible con tus vacaciones con «gastos pagados»!5make somebody/yourself sick British English a)if something makes you sick, it makes you bring food up from your stomach through your mouthsi algo te hace vomitar, te provoca expulsar el contenido del estómago por la boca: The smell of blood made him sick.El olor a sangre le dio náuseas. b)if you make yourself sick, you do something to bring food up from your stomach through your mouthsi te provocas el vómito, haces algo para expulsar el contenido del estómago por la boca: I’ve never been able to make myself sick.Nunca he podido provocarme el vómito. You’ll make yourself sick if you eat any more!¡Te vas a hacer vomitar si comes más!6be sick (and tired) of (doing) something (also be sick to death of (doing) something) spokenoral to be angry or bored with something that has been happening for a long timeestar harto o aburrido de algo que lleva ocurriendo mucho tiempo: I’m sick and tired of your excuses.Estoy harto de tus excusas. I am sick of working for other people.Estoy harto de trabajar para otros.7be worried sick/be sick with worry to be extremely worriedestar extremadamente preocupado: Why didn’t you tell me you were coming home late? I’ve been worried sick!¿Por qué no me dijiste que ibas a llegar tarde a casa? ¡He estado muerto de preocupación!8strange/cruel a)someone who is sick does things that are strange and cruel, and seems mentally illdicho de una persona: que hace cosas extrañas y crueles y parece tener trastornos mentales: I keep getting obscene phone calls from some sick pervert.Sigo recibiendo llamadas obscenas de algún pervertido enfermizo. You’re sick!¡Estás enfermo! a sick minduna mente enferma b)sick stories, jokes etc deal with death and suffering in a cruel or unpleasant waylos relatos, chistes, etc., de mal gusto tratan la muerte y el sufrimiento de manera cruel o desagradable: I don’t want to hear any of your sick jokes, thank you.No quiero escuchar ninguno de tus chistes de mal gusto, gracias. That’s really sick!¡Eso es realmente enfermizo!9sick at heart literaryliterario very unhappy, upset, or disappointed about somethingmuy infeliz, disgustado o decepcionado por algo: I was sick at heart to think that I would never see the place again.Me dolió en el alma pensar que nunca volvería a ver ese lugar.10sick as a parrot British English spokenoral extremely disappointed – used humorouslyextremadamente decepcionado — usado humorísticamente11[not before noun] British English spokenoral used by young people to say that something is very impressive and they admire it a lotusado por los jóvenes para expresar que algo es muy impresionante y lo admiran muchísimoCOLLOCATIONSCOLOCACIONESverbsverbosget sick (=become ill)· The boy got sick, and he just got worse and worse.· El chico se enfermó y fue empeorando.fall/take sick formalformal (=become ill, especially with something serious or that will last a long time)· He fell sick and died within a matter of weeks.· Cayó enfermo y murió en cuestión de semanas.be off sick British English, be out sick American English (=be away from work or school because you are ill)· Half my staff were off sick.· La mitad de mi personal estaba de baja por enfermedad.call/phone/ring in sick (=phone to say you are not coming in to work because you are ill)· I could have called in sick, but I knew you needed this report.· Podría haber llamado diciendo que estaba enfermo, pero sabía que necesitabas este informe.sick + NOUNsick + SUSTANTIVOsick leave (=time that you can stay away from work because you are ill)· He returned to duty after two months’ sick leave.· Regresó al trabajo tras dos meses de baja por enfermedad.sick pay (=money paid to an employee who is too ill to work)· Only full-time employees got sick pay.· Solo los empleados a tiempo completo cobraban paga por enfermedad.somebody's sick bed (=the bed where a sick person is lying)· He left his sick bed to play in the game.· Dejó su cama de enfermo para jugar en el partido.the sick room (=the room where a sick person is)· She had spent the last hour in her mother’s sick room.· Había pasado la última hora en el cuarto de enfermo de su madre.the sick bay (=a room where there are beds for people who are sick, for example on a ship or in a school)· I was confined to the ship's sick bay until we arrived back in Liverpool.· Estuve confinado en la enfermería del barco hasta que llegamos de vuelta a Liverpool.
Ver todas las traducciones1ill especially American English suffering from a disease or illnessque padece una enfermedad o dolencia: His mother’s very sick.Su madre está muy enferma. Maria can’t come in today because she’s sick.María no puede venir hoy porque está enferma. a sick childun niño enfermo a sick animalun animal enfermosick with I have been sick with flu.He estado enfermo con gripe.get sick (=become ill)(=enfermarse) American English At the last minute, I got sick and couldn’t go.En el último momento, me enfermé y no pude ir.be off sick British English, be out sick American English (=be away from work or school because you are ill)(=ausentarse del trabajo o la escuela por enfermedad) Two of his employees were out sick.Dos de sus empleados estaban ausentes por enfermedad. I was off sick for four days with the flu.Estuve cuatro días de baja por gripe.phone/ring/call in sick (=phone to say you are not coming to work because you are ill)(=llamar por teléfono para avisar que no se va a trabajar por enfermedad) He was upset because it was the first day of the sale and Astrid had called in sick.Estaba molesto porque era el primer día de las rebajas y Astrid había llamado para decir que estaba enferma. What will happen to the business if you fall sick (=become ill) or die?¿Qué pasará con el negocio si caes enfermo (=te enfermas) o mueres? He took sick (=became ill) and died a week later.Cayó enfermo (=se enfermó) y murió una semana después. Pete’s at home in bed, as sick as a dog (=very sick).Pete está en casa en cama, enfermísimo (=muy enfermo).► see thesaurus at ill2be sick if you are sick, the food in your stomach comes up through your mouthvomitar; expulsar el contenido del estómago por la boca SYN vomit, throw up: I think I’m going to be sick.Creo que voy a vomitar. He dashed to the bathroom and was sick again.Corrió al baño y vomitó de nuevo. The cat’s been sick on the carpet.El gato ha vomitado en la alfombra. You’ll be sick if you eat any more of that chocolate!¡Vas a vomitar si comes más de ese chocolate! I was violently sick (=suddenly and severely sick) the last time I ate prawns.La última vez que comí gambas vomité violentamente (=de manera repentina y grave).3feel sick (also be/feel sick to your stomach American English) to feel as if you are going to vomitsentir náuseas, como si fuera a vomitar: As soon as the ship started moving I began to feel sick.En cuanto el barco empezó a moverse, comencé a sentir náuseas.sick with Mary felt sick with fear.Mary sintió náuseas de miedo. She began to shiver, feeling sick to her stomach.Empezó a temblar, con el estómago revuelto. Virginia had a sick feeling in her stomach.Virginia sintió un malestar en el estómago. → carsick, seasick, → travel-sick at travel sickness4make me/you sick spokenoral a)to make you feel very angryprovocar mucha rabia; hacer sentir muy enojado: People like you make me sick!¡La gente como tú me da asco! b)to make you feel jealous – used humorouslyprovocar envidia — usado humorísticamente: You make me sick with your ‘expenses paid’ holidays!¡Me das una envidia horrible con tus vacaciones con «gastos pagados»!5make somebody/yourself sick British English a)if something makes you sick, it makes you bring food up from your stomach through your mouthsi algo te hace vomitar, te provoca expulsar el contenido del estómago por la boca: The smell of blood made him sick.El olor a sangre le dio náuseas. b)if you make yourself sick, you do something to bring food up from your stomach through your mouthsi te provocas el vómito, haces algo para expulsar el contenido del estómago por la boca: I’ve never been able to make myself sick.Nunca he podido provocarme el vómito. You’ll make yourself sick if you eat any more!¡Te vas a hacer vomitar si comes más!6be sick (and tired) of (doing) something (also be sick to death of (doing) something) spokenoral to be angry or bored with something that has been happening for a long timeestar harto o aburrido de algo que lleva ocurriendo mucho tiempo: I’m sick and tired of your excuses.Estoy harto de tus excusas. I am sick of working for other people.Estoy harto de trabajar para otros.7be worried sick/be sick with worry to be extremely worriedestar extremadamente preocupado: Why didn’t you tell me you were coming home late? I’ve been worried sick!¿Por qué no me dijiste que ibas a llegar tarde a casa? ¡He estado muerto de preocupación!8strange/cruel a)someone who is sick does things that are strange and cruel, and seems mentally illdicho de una persona: que hace cosas extrañas y crueles y parece tener trastornos mentales: I keep getting obscene phone calls from some sick pervert.Sigo recibiendo llamadas obscenas de algún pervertido enfermizo. You’re sick!¡Estás enfermo! a sick minduna mente enferma b)sick stories, jokes etc deal with death and suffering in a cruel or unpleasant waylos relatos, chistes, etc., de mal gusto tratan la muerte y el sufrimiento de manera cruel o desagradable: I don’t want to hear any of your sick jokes, thank you.No quiero escuchar ninguno de tus chistes de mal gusto, gracias. That’s really sick!¡Eso es realmente enfermizo!9sick at heart literaryliterario very unhappy, upset, or disappointed about somethingmuy infeliz, disgustado o decepcionado por algo: I was sick at heart to think that I would never see the place again.Me dolió en el alma pensar que nunca volvería a ver ese lugar.10sick as a parrot British English spokenoral extremely disappointed – used humorouslyextremadamente decepcionado — usado humorísticamente11[not before noun] British English spokenoral used by young people to say that something is very impressive and they admire it a lotusado por los jóvenes para expresar que algo es muy impresionante y lo admiran muchísimoCOLLOCATIONSCOLOCACIONESverbsverbosget sick (=become ill)· The boy got sick, and he just got worse and worse.· El chico se enfermó y fue empeorando.fall/take sick formalformal (=become ill, especially with something serious or that will last a long time)· He fell sick and died within a matter of weeks.· Cayó enfermo y murió en cuestión de semanas.be off sick British English, be out sick American English (=be away from work or school because you are ill)· Half my staff were off sick.· La mitad de mi personal estaba de baja por enfermedad.call/phone/ring in sick (=phone to say you are not coming in to work because you are ill)· I could have called in sick, but I knew you needed this report.· Podría haber llamado diciendo que estaba enfermo, pero sabía que necesitabas este informe.sick + NOUNsick + SUSTANTIVOsick leave (=time that you can stay away from work because you are ill)· He returned to duty after two months’ sick leave.· Regresó al trabajo tras dos meses de baja por enfermedad.sick pay (=money paid to an employee who is too ill to work)· Only full-time employees got sick pay.· Solo los empleados a tiempo completo cobraban paga por enfermedad.somebody's sick bed (=the bed where a sick person is lying)· He left his sick bed to play in the game.· Dejó su cama de enfermo para jugar en el partido.the sick room (=the room where a sick person is)· She had spent the last hour in her mother’s sick room.· Había pasado la última hora en el cuarto de enfermo de su madre.the sick bay (=a room where there are beds for people who are sick, for example on a ship or in a school)· I was confined to the ship's sick bay until we arrived back in Liverpool.· Estuve confinado en la enfermería del barco hasta que llegamos de vuelta a Liverpool.sicksick2 noun 1the sick [plural] people who are illlos enfermos; personas enfermas: The sick and wounded were allowed to go free.Los enfermos y heridos fueron dejados en libertad.2[uncountable] British English informalinformal vomitvómito: The phone box smelt of sick.La cabina telefónica olía a vómito.
1the sick [plural] people who are illlos enfermos; personas enfermas: The sick and wounded were allowed to go free.Los enfermos y heridos fueron dejados en libertad.2[uncountable] British English informalinformal vomitvómito: The phone box smelt of sick.La cabina telefónica olía a vómito.sicksick3 verb sick something ↔ up phrasal verb British English informalinformal to bring up food from your stomach – used especially of childrenregurgitar; devolver la comida del estómago — usado especialmente con niños SYN vomit up American English: Ruth had frequently sicked up her bottle milk.Ruth regurgitaba con frecuencia la leche del biberón.
sick something ↔ up phrasal verb British English informalinformal to bring up food from your stomach – used especially of childrenregurgitar; devolver la comida del estómago — usado especialmente con niños SYN vomit up American English: Ruth had frequently sicked up her bottle milk.Ruth regurgitaba con frecuencia la leche del biberón.