disease

enfermedad

Alteración que afecta a la salud de una persona, un animal o una planta.

En inglés sencillo: A condition that makes a person, animal, or plant unhealthy.

• This disease affects the lungs.
• Some insects spread disease.
• The trees died from a serious disease.

Sinónimos: illness, sickness

Antónimos: health

Expresiones frecuentes: heart disease, spread disease, disease prevention, chronic disease

molestar, inquietar

Hacer que alguien se sienta incómodo, preocupado o molesto.

En inglés sencillo: To make someone feel uncomfortable, worried, or annoyed.

• These thoughts disease my mind.
• His constant complaints diseased her peace.
• The memory continued to disease him.

Sinónimos: trouble, annoy, irritate

Antónimos: soothe

Expresiones frecuentes: disease someone’s mind, disease the heart

infectar

Transmitir una infección a una persona u otro ser vivo y hacer que enferme.

En inglés sencillo: To infect someone or something and make them ill.

• The infection diseased the cattle.
• They feared the water would disease the villagers.
• The fungus had diseased several plants.

Sinónimos: infect

Expresiones frecuentes: disease the body, disease the cattle