enfermar
to get sick
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To become sick, or to make someone else sick
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Enfermar means to get sick and is the word enfermo0 turned into a verb.
enfermar
to get sick, to fall ill (Spain)
When someone catches an illness and turns sick.
Enfermó después del viaje y pasó una semana en camaHe got sick after the trip and spent a week in bed
Muchos vecinos enfermaron por el agua contaminadaMany neighbors fell ill from the contaminated water
to make sick, to make ill
When something makes you sick, like bad food or a virus.
Esa carne me enfermóThat meat made me sick
El humo de la fábrica enferma a los niños del barrioThe smoke from the factory makes the neighborhood children ill
to annoy, to irritate (informal)
Something that bothers you so much that it makes you feel sick.
Me enferma la gente que no respeta la filaPeople who don't respect the line annoy me
Nos enferma su actitud arroganteHis arrogant attitude irritates us
enfermarse
to get sick, to fall ill (Latin America)
When you are the one who gets sick, since the se points the verb back at yourself. This is the normal way to say it in Latin America.
Me enfermé el primer día de vacacionesI got sick on the first day of vacation
La mitad del equipo se enfermó antes del partidoHalf the team fell ill before the game