mental institution in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for mental institution in the English»Spanish Dictionary

mental institution N dated

mental institution

institución f para enfermos mentales

Translations for mental institution in the English»Spanish Dictionary

institution [Am ˌɪnstəˈt(j)uʃ(ə)n, Brit ɪnstɪˈtjuːʃ(ə)n] N

1. institution C (established practice, procedure):

institution

institución f

the country's democratic institutions

las instituciones democráticas del país

baseball is an institution in the US

el béisbol es toda una institución en los Estados Unidos

after twenty years she'd become an institution in the office hum

con 20 años en la oficina, era toda una institución

2.1. institution C:

institution (organization)

organismo m

institution (organization)

institución f

institution (building)

institución f

institution (building)

establecimiento m

the financial institutions

las instituciones or entidades financieras

2.2. institution C (hospital, home):

institution

establecimiento sanitario, penitenciario o de asistencia social

she was frightened of ending up in an institution

temía terminar en un manicomio (or asilo etc.)

3.1. institution form U (initiation):

institution

iniciación f

3.2. institution form U (establishment):

institution

institución f

institution

establecimiento m

mental [Am ˈmɛn(t)l, Brit ˈmɛnt(ə)l] ADJ

1. mental attr:

mental powers/process/illness/health

mental

mental hospital/patient

psiquiátrico

mental torture

tortura f psicológica

to make a mental note of sth

tomar nota de algo mentalmente

I've already formed a mental picture or image of the place

yo ya me he hecho una idea del lugar

2. mental (mad) Brit inf pred:

to be mental

estar chiflado inf

to go mental inf (in anger)

ponerse como loco or como una fiera

to go mental (with excitement)

volverse loco

to go mental (with excitement)

desmadrarse inf

mental institution in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for mental institution in the English»Spanish Dictionary

institution [ˌɪntstɪˈtju:ʃən, Am -ˈtu:-] N

1. institution (act):

institution

institución f

institution

establecimiento m

2. institution (society):

institution

asociación f

3. institution (home):

institution

asilo m

4. institution inf (person):

institution

mito m

mental [ˈmentəl, Am -t̬əl] ADJ

1. mental (of the mind):

mental

mental

2. mental inf (crazy):

mental

chiflado, -a

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

She had been in a mental institution, where she apparently lived in a tree house, in the garden of the institution.

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But when a violent accident leaves her lover dead, the woman returns from a mental institution determined to pursue her forbidden desires.

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The mental institution had been abandoned, but most of the structure remained in a broken-down state.

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She breaks down after a lengthy trial, is eventually found not guilty due to insanity, and is sent to a mental institution.

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Halfway houses are meant for reintegration of persons who have been recently released from jail or a mental institution.

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Though he doesn't discuss the exact nature of his mental illness in the poem, he does describe his hospitalization in a mental institution.

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Shortly after finishing his project he went insane and was committed to a mental institution.

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