enfermar

v.

1 to make ill (causar enfermedad a).

La carne mala enfermó a María The spoiled meat made Mary ill.

2 to fall ill.

María enfermó de repente Mary fell ill suddenly.

3 to vex, to get up someone's nose.

Su impertinencia enfermó a María His impertinence vexed Mary.

* * *

enfermar

► verbo intransitivo

1 to fall ill, become ill, be taken ill

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

enfermar de agotamiento to suffer from exhaustion

enfermar del corazón to have heart trouble

* * *

1.

VT (Med) to make ill

su actitud me enferma — her attitude makes me sick

2.

VI to fall ill, be taken ill (de with)

enfermar del corazón — to develop heart trouble enfermarse

* * *

1.

verbo intransitivo to fall ill, get sick (AmE)

si sigue así va a enfermar — if he carries on like that he's going to make himself ill o to get ill

2.

enfermar vt (fam) to drive ... mad (colloq)

3.

enfermarse v pron

a) (AmL) (ponerse enfermo) to fall ill, get sick (AmE)

enfermarse del estómago — to develop stomach trouble

b) (CS euf) (menstruar) to get one's period

* * *

= become + ill, fall + ill, get + sick.

Ex. However, many attempts to actively involve the community in reducing its risks of becoming ill have met with failure.

Ex. The largest group of metaphors compared firms to living (especially human) beings: companies are born, fall ill, have children, die, etc.

Ex. When some of the parrots got sick, he nursed them back to health, and they in turn brought him back to life.

* * *

1.

verbo intransitivo to fall ill, get sick (AmE)

si sigue así va a enfermar — if he carries on like that he's going to make himself ill o to get ill

2.

enfermar vt (fam) to drive ... mad (colloq)

3.

enfermarse v pron

a) (AmL) (ponerse enfermo) to fall ill, get sick (AmE)

enfermarse del estómago — to develop stomach trouble

b) (CS euf) (menstruar) to get one's period

* * *

= become + ill, fall + ill, get + sick.

Ex: However, many attempts to actively involve the community in reducing its risks of becoming ill have met with failure.

Ex: The largest group of metaphors compared firms to living (especially human) beings: companies are born, fall ill, have children, die, etc.

Ex: When some of the parrots got sick, he nursed them back to health, and they in turn brought him back to life.

* * *

enfermar [A1 ]

vi

to fall ill, get ill, get sick (AmE)

enfermó a los pocos meses de casarse a few months after his wedding he fell ill

si sigue comiendo así va a enfermar if he carries on eating like that he's going to make himself ill o to get ill

■ enfermar

vt

(fam); to drive … mad (colloq)

la burocracia de este país me enferma the bureaucracy in this country really gets me o bugs me o drives me mad

■ enfermarse

v pron

1 (AmL) (caer enfermo) to fall ill, get ill, get sick (AmE)

se enfermó del estómago she developed stomach trouble

2 (CS euf) (menstruar) to get one's period

* * *

enfermar (conjugate enfermar) verbo intransitivo
to fall ill, get sick (AmE)
enfermarse verbo pronominal

a) (esp AmL) (caer enfermo) to fall ill, get sick (AmE);

◊ enfermarse del estómago to develop stomach trouble

b) (CS euf) (menstruar) to get one's period

enfermar
I verbo intransitivo to become o fall ill, get sick: enfermaron de tuberculosis, they caught tuberculosis
II verbo transitivo
1 (poner enfermo) to make ill: este calor me va a enfermar, this heat's going to make me ill
2 fam (irritar, disgustar) me enferma el desorden, untidiness makes me sick
'enfermar' also found in these entries:
English:
come down
- sicken
- take

* * *

enfermar

♦ vt

1. [causar enfermedad a] to make ill

2. Fam [irritar] to drive up the wall;

me enferma esa actitud that kind of attitude really gets to me

♦ vi

to fall ill;

enfermar del corazón/pecho to develop a heart condition/chest complaint

♦ See also the pronominal verb enfermarse

* * *

enfermar

I v/t drive crazy

II v/i get sick, Br tb

get ill

* * *

enfermar vt

: to make sick

enfermar vi

: to fall ill, to get sick

♦ See also the reflexive verb enfermarse

* * *

enfermar vb to fall ill [pt. fell; pp. fallen]