Compound Forms:
ill | I'll | Ill. |
| become ill vi + adj | (get sick, fall unwell) | sentirse descompuesto loc verb |
| | After eating the fish, she immediately became ill and had to go home. |
| | Después de comer el pescado, inmediatamente se sintió descompuesta, y tuvo que volverse a su casa. |
| | | sentirse mal loc verb |
| | | ponerse enfermo loc verb |
| | Después de comer el pescado, inmediatamente se sintió mal, y tuvo que volverse a su casa. |
critically ill,
critically-ill adj | (sick: might die) | grave adj |
| Note: A hyphen is used when the term precedes the noun |
| | He is critically ill in Intensive Care after his heart attack. |
| | Está grave en terapia intensiva después de su infarto. |
| | | grave adj |
| | Está grave en terapia intensiva después de su infarto. |
| dangerously ill adj | (seriously unwell) (enfermo) | gravísimo adj |
| | | muy grave, extremadamente grave loc adj |
| | | muy enfermo loc adj |
| deathly ill adj | (seriously unwell) | mortalmente enfermo loc adj |
| | | gravemente enfermo loc adj |
| | He became deathly ill about a month ago. |
| | Hace un mes está mortalmente enfermo. |
| feel ill vi + adj | (feel unwell) | sentirse mal, sentirse enfermo loc verb |
| | That sushi must have been bad because now we all feel ill. |
| | Ese sushi debería de estar pasado porque ahora todos nos sentimos mal. |
| get ill vi + adj | informal (become unwell) | enfermarse⇒ v prnl |
| | There's a chance you'll get ill while you're abroad. She gets ill when she sees blood. |
| | Existe la posibilidad de que te enfermes mientras estás en el extranjero. |
| | (coloquial) | ponerse malo loc verb |
| | Existe la posibilidad de que te pongas malo mientras estás en el extranjero. |
| | | descomponerse⇒ v prnl |
| | Existe la posibilidad de que te descompongas mientras estás en el extranjero. |
| house of ill repute n | euphemism (brothel, prostitutes' workplace) | local de mala reputación grupo nom |
| | Dolly was the madam in the classiest house of ill repute in the county. |
| | | casa de mala fama grupo nom |
| | | burdel nm |
| | (AR, vulgar) | puterío, putero nm |
ill adjusted,
ill-adjusted adj | figurative (emotionally unstable) | sensible adj mf |
| | | emocional adj mf |
| Note: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun |
ill afford [sth],
ill afford to do [sth] v expr | (not be permitted the luxury of [sth]) | no poder darse el lujo de loc verb |
| Note: "Afford" in this sense usually follows a derivative of "can." |
| | Bill's dire financial situation meant he could ill afford a vacation. |
| | La difícil situación económica de Bill significaba que no se podía dar el lujo de unas vacaciones. |
ill at ease,
ill-at-ease adj | (socially awkward) | incómodo/a adj |
| | | cohibido/a adj |
| | | a disgusto loc adj |
| | I am always ill at ease at events where I don't know anyone. |
| | Siempre me siento incómodo cuando voy a eventos donde no conozco a la gente. |
| | (coloquial) | como sapo de otro pozo expr |
| | Siempre estoy como sapo de otro pozo cuando voy a eventos donde no conozco a la gente. |
| ill-disposed adj | (unkind personality) | no dispuesto loc adj |
| | | predispuesto en contra loc adj |
| ill disposed to do [sth] expr | (unwilling to do [sth]) | no estar dispuesto a loc verb |
| | She was ill disposed to listen to his complaints. |
| ill effect n | (undesirable outcome) | efecto negativo loc nom m |
| | | efecto adverso loc nom m |
| ill feeling n | (animosity) | rencor nm |
| | | hostilidad nf |
ill health,
ill-health n | (poor physical condition) | salud frágil nf + adj |
| | | poca salud adj + nf |
| | Taking care of yourself when you are young will help avoid ill health later in life. |
| | | mala salud adj + nf |
| Note: No se suele emplear directamente; se tiende a negar de algún modo que es buena |
| | Cuidarse cuando se es joven ayudará a evitar tener mala salud posteriormente. |
ill humor (US),
ill humour (UK) n | (bad mood) | mal humor adj + nm |
| ill luck n | (bad luck, misfortune) | mala suerte adj + nf |
| | (coloquial, figurado) | mala pata adj + nf |
| | (AR, coloquial, figurado) | mala leche adj + nf |
| | David lost his lottery ticket. What ill luck! |
| | David perdió su billete de lotería, ¡qué mala suerte! |
ill treatment,
ill-treatment n | (poor handling of [sb/sth]) | maltrato nm |
| | | malos tratos adj + nmpl |
ill usage,
ill-usage n | (cruel treatment of [sb/sth]) | trato cruel nm + adj mf |
| | | mal trato adj + nm |
| ill will n | (resentment, bad feeling) | mala voluntad loc nom f |
| | | ojeriza nf |
| | | tirria nf |
| | (formal) | animadversión nf |
| | There is clearly a feeling of ill will between the two politicians. |
| | Claramente hay mala voluntad entre los dos políticos. |
| ill-advised adj | (remark, etc.: unwise) (coloquial) | poco feliz loc adj |
| | | desacertado/a adj |
| ill-advisedly adv | (unwisely) | desacertadamente adv |
| ill-assorted adj | (not well-matching) | que no combina loc adj |
| | (coloquial) | que no pega loc adj |
| ill-bred adj | (lacking good manners) | maleducado/a adj |
| ill-conceived adj | (badly planned) | mal concebido loc adj |
| | | mal planeado loc adj |
| ill-considered adj | (done without proper thought) | apresurado/a adj |
| | | mal planteado loc adj |
| | | poco meditado loc adj |
| ill-defined adj | (vague) | impreciso/a, confuso/a, vago/a adj |
| | Creo que estaba mintiendo, sólo atinaba a dar explicaciones confusas. |
| ill-equipped adj | (poorly prepared or equipped) | mal preparado loc adj |
| | | mal equipado loc adj |
| ill-fated adj | (doomed, having an unhappy ending) | condenado/a adj |
| | The ill-fated decision haunted the politician for the rest of her career. |
ill-favored (US),
ill-favoured (UK) adj | (ugly) | feo/a adj |
| ill-fed adj | (under-nourished) | mal alimentado loc adj |
| | | malnutrido/a adj |
| | | desnutrido/a adj |
| | The children at the boarding school were very ill-fed—they were never given breakfast, and the dishes rarely contained meat. |
| | Los niños en el internado estaban muy mal alimentados, nunca les daban el desayuno y los platos raramente contenían carne. |
| ill-fitting adj | (clothes: not the right size) | que no entra loc adj |
| ill-formed adj | (poorly made) | mal formado, mal constituido loc adj |
| ill-formed adj | (opinion, law: unfounded) | infundado/a adj |
| | | sin fundamento loc adj |
| ill-formed adj | (deformed, ugly) | deforme adj |
| ill-founded adj | (unsubstantiated) | infundado/a adj |
| ill-gotten adj | literary, idiomatic (acquired illicitly) | ilícito/a adj |
ill-humored (US),
ill-humoured (UK) adj | (in a bad mood) | malhumorado/a adj |
| ill-informed adj | (not sufficiently educated) | desinformado/a adj |
| ill-judged adj | (rash) | imprudente adj mf |
| ill-kempt adj | (shabby, dirty) | zarrapastroso/a, zaparrastroso adj |
| | | desharrapado/a adj |
| | | desaseado/a adj |
| | | desaliñado/a adj |
| ill-kept adj | (badly maintained) | descuidado/a adj |
| | He has a very ill-kept garden, containing so many weeds that it is impossible to see any flowers. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. El jardín estaba muy descuidado, invadido de malezas. |
| | | abandonado/a adj |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. La casa tiene un aspecto abandonado, pero me consta que allí vive gente. |
| ill-mannered adj | (impolite) | maleducado/a adj |
| | The class that I am teaching this year is full of ill-mannered students. |
| ill-natured adj | (having an unpleasant manner) | hostil adj |
| | | de mal carácter loc adj |
| ill-naturedly adv | (with an unpleasant manner) | hostilmente adv |
| | | desagradablemente adv |
| ill-naturedness n | (unpleasant disposition) | mal carácter adj + nm |
| | | mala disposición adj + nf |
| ill-omened adj | (unlucky, doomed) | de mal agüero loc adj |
| | | de mala suerte loc adj |
| ill-prepared adj | (not sufficiently ready) | mal preparado loc adj |
| ill-starred adj | literary (unlucky, doomed) | con mala suerte loc adj |
| ill-suited adj | (inappropriate) | inadecuado/a adj |
| ill-tempered adj | (grumpy, argumentative) | malhumorado/a adj |
| | | irritable adj |
| | | gruñón/ñona adj |
| ill-timed adj | (occurring at unsuitable time) | inoportuno/a adj |
| ill-treat [sb/sth]⇒ vtr | (abuse) | maltratar⇒ vtr |
| ill-treated adj | ([sb]: treated with cruelty) | maltratado adj |
| ill-use [sb/sth]⇒ vtr | (treat badly, abuse) | maltratar⇒ vtr |
| ill-used adj | (treated badly) | mal usado loc adj |
| mentally ill adj | (psychiatric disorder) | enfermo mental loc adj |
| | | psicótico/a adj |
| of ill fame adj | (notorious) | de mala fama loc adj |
| | Although de Sade was a man of ill fame, some of his works are considered to be classic French literature. |
| | A pesar de que el Marqués de Sade era un hombre de mala fama, sus obras se consideran clásicos de la literatura francesa. |
| speak ill of v expr | (say bad things about) | hablar mal de loc verb |
| | You should not speak ill of someone when they aren't around. It's not good to speak ill of the dead. |
| | No deberías hablar mal de alguien cuando no está presente. |
| terminally ill adj | (dying from a disease) | desahuciado adj |
| | Es un hospital para desahuciados. |
| | | terminal adj |