invalid

inválido

Que no es correcto, no está aceptado oficialmente o no sirve para el uso previsto.

En inglés sencillo: Not correct, officially accepted, or suitable for use.

• This ticket is invalid.
• The website says my password is invalid.
• Her argument rests on an invalid assumption.

Sinónimos: unacceptable, not valid

Antónimos: valid

Expresiones frecuentes: invalid ticket, invalid argument, invalid password

enfermo, inválido

Persona que necesita cuidados porque una enfermedad o lesión prolongada le impide realizar sus actividades cotidianas.

En inglés sencillo: A person who needs care because a long illness or injury prevents normal daily activities.

• The nurse cared for an elderly invalid.
• He lived as an invalid after the accident.
• The family hired someone to look after the invalid.

Expresiones frecuentes: an elderly invalid, care for an invalid

licenciar por enfermedad

Retirar a alguien del trabajo, especialmente del servicio militar, por enfermedad o lesión.

En inglés sencillo: To release someone from work, especially military service, because they are ill or injured.

• He was invalided out of the army.
• The wounded officer was invalided home.
• She was invalided out of service after a serious illness.

Cómo se usa: be invalided out of something (He was invalided out of the navy after an injury.); be invalided home (The soldier was invalided home with a serious illness.)

Sinónimos: discharge

Expresiones frecuentes: invalid someone out, invalid someone home