How to Say "Dementia" in Spanish

demencia

/deˈmenθja/feminine

The English word dementia is translated into Spanish as demencia.

demencia refers to a progressive decline in cognitive function.

Meaning: progressive decline in cognitive function (noun)

How does it change in a sentence?

demencia is a feminine noun.

/deˈmenθja/

In casual Spanish, demencia is sometimes used as a slang term to describe something completely wild, absurd or unbelievable, regardless of medical health.
In some Spanish-speaking regions, people avoid the clinical term demencia in favor of euphemisms like está confundido or está en sus ausencias to be more polite.
The Spanish word demencia shares the same linguistic root as the English word 'mental', stemming from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- which relates to the mind.

El paciente está sufriendo de demencia.
The patient is suffering from dementia.
La pérdida progresiva de las facultades mentales indica la presencia de una enfermedad neurodegenerativa, como la demencia.
The progressive loss of mental ability indicates the presence of a neurodegenerative disease, such as dementia.
La demencia es una enfermedad difícil.
Dementia is a difficult disease.
Él sufre de demencia avanzada.
He suffers from advanced dementia.
Hay muchos tipos de demencia.
There are many types of dementia.

Javier and Elena are discussing a medical report at a hospital.

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