PATIENT in Spanish - Cambridge Dictionary

Translation of patient – English-Spanish dictionary

patient

noun [ C ]
uk
/ˈpeɪ.ʃənt/
us
/ˈpeɪ.ʃənt/
B1
a person who is receiving medical care, or who is cared for by a particular doctor or dentist when necessary
paciente
I'm a patient of Dr Stephens; please could I make an appointment to see her? Soy paciente de la doctora Stephens, quería pedir cita para verla.
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patient

adjective
uk
/ˈpeɪ.ʃənt/
us
/ˈpeɪ.ʃənt/
B1
having patience
paciente
Dinner will be ready in half an hour - just be patient! La cena estará lista en media hora, ¡ten paciencia!
Be patient with her - she's very young.
Opposite
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  • He's very patient with small children.
  • I could never be a teacher, I'm just not patient enough.
  • If you could just be patient for a few more minutes, someone will be with you shortly.
  • Be patient - it's your turn next!
  • I'm sure we'll hear something soon, you'll just have to be patient.

(Translation of patient from the Cambridge English-Spanish Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translation of patient | GLOBAL English–Spanish Dictionary

patient
/ˈpeɪʃənt/
sb who is being given medical treatment
paciente [ masculine-feminine, singular ]
the doctor’s patients los pacientes del doctor
cancer/AIDS patients pacientes con cáncer/sida

(Translation of patient from the GLOBAL English-Spanish Dictionary © 2020 K Dictionaries Ltd)

patient
adjective
/ˈpeɪʃənt/
able to wait or deal with difficulties without getting angry
paciente [ masculine-feminine, singular ]
There are lots of people, so you’ll have to be patient. Hay mucha gente, así que tendrás que ser paciente.
Please be patient with me while I try to fix this. Por favor, ten paciencia conmigo mientras trato de arreglar esto.
Antonym

(Translation of patient from the GLOBAL English-Spanish Dictionary © 2020 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Examples of patient

patient
However, to have an authority figure require that a patient justify his or her plans comes perilously close to coercion.
There was evidence that patients were exposed to the planned intervention.
Questionnaire on priority assessment of patients referred to orthopedic surgeons showed great differences between reviewers.
Seventy-eight per cent admitted that they would be more empathetic towards patients, with greater sensitivity to their psychological distress, in the future.
The risk is that clinicians increasingly will be reluctant to do quite ordinary procedures to help patients because of existing guidelines.
The stimulus was viewed with natural pupils to optimize patient comfort.
It has disproved the notion that elderly patients cannot understand a philosophical concept such as existential well-being.
Only in a small proportion of cases were referrals made purely on grounds of existing illness in patient or family.
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Translations of patient

in Chinese (Traditional)
病人, 有耐心的,忍耐的…
in Chinese (Simplified)
病人, 有耐心的,忍耐的…
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paciente, paciente [masculine-feminine]…
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रूग्ण, आजारी व्यक्ती - वैद्यकीय उपचार सुरू असलेली व्यक्ती किंवा एखाद्या विशिष्ट डॉक्टरांचे किंवा दातांच्या डॉक्टरांचे उपचार सुरू असलेली व्यक्ती, शांत…
忍耐強い, 気が長い, 患者…
sabırlı, tahammüllü, hasta…
patient/-ente [masculine-feminine], patient/-ente, patient…
pacient, malalt, -a…
geduldig, patiënt…
मरीज़, रोगी, धैर्यवान…
તબીબી સારવાર લઈ રહેલ વ્યક્તિ, દર્દી, અથવા જરૂર પડે ત્યારે કોઈ ખાસ ડોક્ટર કે દાંતના ડોક્ટર જેની સારવાર કરે…
tålmodig, patient…
tålig, tålmodig, patient…
bersabar, pesakit…
geduldig, der Patient / die Patientin…
pasient [masculine], tålmodig, utholdende…
مریض, بیمار, وہ شخص جو زیر علاج ہو…
терплячий, впертий, пацієнт…
терпеливый, пациент…
పేషెంట్, రోగి, ఓపికతో…
صَبور, مَريض…
রুগী, রোগী, অসুস্থ কোনো ব্যক্তি…
trpělivý, pacient, -ka…
sabar, pasien…
อดทน, ผู้ป่วย…
kiên nhẫn, bệnh nhân…
cierpliwy, pacjent/ka, pacjent…
참을성있는, 환자…
paziente…
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