enfermedad
Spanish, noun/enfeɾmeˈdad/
enfermedad is spelled E-N-F-E-R-M-E-D-A-D (10 letters) and appears 66 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,314th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enfermedad is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “illness, disease” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Condición anormal del cuerpo que: daña o corrompe las funciones normales del cuerpo, que causa incomodidad…”.
What does enfermedad mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineillness, disease
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Condición anormal del cuerpo que: daña o corrompe las funciones normales del cuerpo, que causa incomodidad, que deteriora la salud. 2. Perturbación o alteración perversa o destrucitiva en lo moral o espiritual. 3. Condición anormal de una institución que daña sus funciones.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of enfermedad
- enfermedades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enfermedad?
- /enfeɾmeˈdad/
- [ẽɱ.feɾ.meˈð̞að̞]
- [ẽɱfeɾmeˈð̞að̞]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to enfermedad
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enfermedad in Spanish?
enfermedad appears 66 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).