epidemic

epidemia

Situación en la que una enfermedad se propaga rápidamente y afecta a muchas personas de una zona.

En inglés sencillo: A situation in which a disease spreads quickly and affects many people in an area.

• The epidemic spread across the city.
• Schools closed during the flu epidemic.
• Clean water helped prevent another epidemic of cholera.

Cómo se usa: epidemic of something (The city faced an epidemic of cholera.)

Sinónimos: outbreak

Expresiones frecuentes: flu epidemic, epidemic of something, prevent an epidemic

epidémico, generalizado

Que se extiende ampliamente y perjudica a muchas personas.

En inglés sencillo: Spreading widely and affecting many people in a harmful way.

• Corruption has reached epidemic proportions.
• Epidemic panic spread through the crowd.
• The report described epidemic levels of violence.

Sinónimos: widespread, rampant

Expresiones frecuentes: epidemic proportions, epidemic hysteria, epidemic violence