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enfermo
sick
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Describes someone who suffers from an illness
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infirm
weak from illness
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adjective suffix
Enfermo means sick and is related to the English word infirm0, which is what you are when illness has left you weak.
enfermo
sick, ill, unwell
Someone who has an illness, from a cold to something serious.
Mi hijo está enfermo y no fue a la escuelaMy son is sick and didn't go to school
Estuvo enferma toda la semanaShe was ill all week
El jefe lleva días enfermo y nadie lo ha vistoThe boss has been unwell for days and nobody has seen him
sick person, patient
A person who is sick, especially one being cared for. Adding el turns the adjective into a person, so "sick" becomes "the sick one".
El enfermo pidió un vaso de aguaThe sick person asked for a glass of water
El hospital recibió a diez enfermos esa nocheThe hospital took in ten patients that night
sick, unhealthy (figurative)
An obsession, a relationship, or an idea that is not healthy.
Tiene una obsesión enferma con el trabajoHe has a sick obsession with work
Es una relación enferma que le hace mucho dañoIt's an unhealthy relationship that hurts her a lot