adictivo
/adiɡtibo/from spelling rules
The English phrase 'habit forming' translates to Spanish as adictivo.
This term is used to describe something that is likely to cause a person to become addicted to it. You can also use the phrase Crear dependencia, which means 'create dependency', to convey the idea of something being habit forming.
How does it change in a sentence?
The adjective adictivo must agree in gender with the noun it modifies, changing to adictiva for feminine nouns. The adjective adictivo changes to adictivos to agree with masculine plural nouns and adictivas to agree with feminine plural nouns.
How do you pronounce it?
/adiɡtibo/
Did you know?
- Spanish speakers often use the verb engancharse to describe the process of becoming addicted. This comes from the word gancho, meaning 'hook', imagining the person as a fish caught on a line.
- While adictivo is used for things, if you want to describe the process of a habit taking hold, you might use vicio, which carries a much heavier connotation of 'vice' or 'sin' than the English 'habit'.
- If you are talking about the habit-forming nature of a social media app or a game, you might hear the word atrapante, which comes from the verb 'to trap'.
Examples in context
- El medicamento puede ser adictivo si se utiliza durante un largo período de tiempo.The medication can be habit forming if used for a long period of time.
- Los juegos de video pueden ser generadores de hábitos si se juegan de forma excesiva.Video games can be habit forming if played excessively.
- La heroína es una droga que puede crear dependencia rápidamente.Heroin is a drug that can become habit forming quickly.
- El azúcar es muy adictivo.Sugar is very addictive.
- Ese juego de móvil es muy adictivo.That mobile game is very habit forming.
- El consumo de azúcar puede ser adictivo.Sugar consumption can be habit forming.
- Cuidado, este programa de televisión es adictivo.Be careful, this TV show is habit forming.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
