affection

cariño, afecto

Sentimiento cálido de amor o simpatía hacia alguien o algo.

En inglés sencillo: A warm feeling of love or liking for someone or something.

• She showed her affection with a hug.
• He felt deep affection for his grandmother.
• They still speak of their old teacher with affection.

Cómo se usa: affection for someone/something (He has great affection for his old school.); with affection (She spoke of her grandfather with affection.)

Sinónimos: fondness, love

Antónimos: hatred

Expresiones frecuentes: affection for someone, show affection, deep affection

afección

Proceso o estado de sufrir un cambio por la acción de algo.

En inglés sencillo: The process or state of being changed or influenced by something.

• The essay explores the affection of the mind by music.
• He distinguished direct affection by heat from later changes.
• The chapter considers external affection of the senses.

Cómo se usa: affection of something by something (The philosopher described the affection of the senses by external objects.)

Expresiones frecuentes: affection by something, external affection, affection of something

propiedad, atributo

Cualidad, característica o estado que tiene algo.

En inglés sencillo: A quality, feature, or condition that something has.

• The philosopher called shape an affection of matter.
• He listed several affections of the human body.
• In that theory, motion is an affection of physical objects.

Cómo se usa: an affection of something (The writer treats weight as an affection of matter.)

Sinónimos: property, attribute, condition

Expresiones frecuentes: affection of matter, bodily affection, essential affection

afección, enfermedad

Enfermedad o problema de salud que afecta a una parte del cuerpo.

En inglés sencillo: An illness or unhealthy condition affecting part of the body.

• The physician diagnosed a chronic affection of the lungs.
• The record mentions several nervous affections.
• He received treatment for an affection of the heart.

Cómo se usa: an affection of something (The old report describes an affection of the lungs.)

Sinónimos: illness, disease, disorder

Expresiones frecuentes: nervous affection, chronic affection, affection of something