patient

paciente

Capaz de esperar o afrontar dificultades sin enfadarse.

En inglés sencillo: Able to wait or deal with difficulties without becoming angry.

• Please be patient.
• She was patient with my questions.
• You need to be patient while the paint dries.

Cómo se usa: patient with someone/something (Please be patient with the children.)

Sinónimos: tolerant

Antónimos: impatient

Expresiones frecuentes: be patient, patient with someone, patient teacher, patient waiting

paciente, perseverante

Que sigue trabajando con cuidado y calma durante todo el tiempo necesario.

En inglés sencillo: Continuing to work carefully and calmly for as long as necessary.

• The repair required patient work.
• Years of patient research finally brought results.
• Her patient efforts helped the child learn to read.

Sinónimos: persistent, persevering

Expresiones frecuentes: patient work, patient research, patient effort

paciente

Persona o animal que recibe atención de un médico u otro profesional de la salud.

En inglés sencillo: A person or animal receiving care from a doctor or another health professional.

• The doctor examined the patient.
• Several patients waited outside the clinic.
• Our first patient today was a dog with a broken leg.

Expresiones frecuentes: hospital patient, treat a patient, patient care

paciente

En lingüística, persona o cosa que resulta afectada por la acción expresada en una oración.

En inglés sencillo: The person or thing affected by an action, as described in the meaning of a sentence.

• In this sentence, the ball is the patient.
• The patient receives the action described by the verb.
• A passive sentence often puts the patient first.

Expresiones frecuentes: patient role, agent and patient, grammatical patient