enfermo
Spanish, noun
enfermo is spelled E-N-F-E-R-M-O (7 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,113th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enfermo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “sick person, patient” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of enfermar. With an accent, enfermó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of enfermar”.
What does enfermo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sick, ill
- 2
degenerate
noun
- 1
masculinesick person, patient
Los enfermos van empeorando.
- 2
masculinedegenerate
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of enfermar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of enfermar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Afectado por algún tipo de quebranto de salud. 2. Dícese de las personas afectadas por algún tipo de trastorno cognitivo o mental. 3. Convaleciente de una intervención quirúrgica. 4. Depravado, pervertido, aberrado sexual
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 enfermo
- enferma feminine
- enfermos masculine plural
- enfermas feminine plural
- enfermísimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to enfermo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enfermo in Spanish?
enfermo appears 26 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).