traumatizado
/tɾaumatiθado/from spelling rules
The Spanish word for traumatized is traumatizado.
The term is used to describe a person who is suffering from lasting emotional shock after a deeply distressing or disturbing experience. If you want to say "I was in shock", you can use the phrase Me quedé en shock.
Which one should you use?
It is important to distinguish between the person and the event. Use traumatizado to describe a person who has experienced trauma, but use traumático to describe the event itself, such as in the phrase un evento traumático.
How does it change in a sentence?
As an adjective, traumatizado must agree in gender and number with the person or group being described. Use traumatizada for a female, traumatizados for a group of men or a mixed-gender group and traumatizadas for a group consisting only of females.
How do you pronounce it?
/tɾaumatiθado/
Did you know?
- In many Spanish-speaking countries, the word trauma is commonly used to describe a physical wound or a bodily injury caused by an external force.
- In some Latin American regions, trauma is used as a noun to describe a simple personality quirk or a strong dislike, such as having a trauma con el agua.
- Spanish speakers may use traumatizado hyperbolically to describe minor life mishaps, like a bad haircut, where an English speaker would only say they are 'annoyed'.
Examples in context
- Tom está traumatizado.Tom is traumatized.This example is useful for stating that a specific person is traumatizado.Tatoeba #9952471 by Shishir, translation #8366921 by CK
- Después del accidente, estoy traumatizado/aAfter the accident, I am traumatized
- Cuando vi el accidente, me quedé en shockWhen I saw the accident, I was in shock
- El niño quedó traumatizado por el accidente.The boy was traumatized by the accident.
Example conversation
Javier and Sofía are talking about a scary movie they watched.
- JavierEsa película fue demasiado intensa.That movie was too intense.
- SofíaSí, yo terminé traumatizada con el final.Yes, I ended up traumatized by the ending.
- JavierYo también me sentí traumatizado.I felt traumatized too.
- SofíaNo deberíamos haberla visto.We shouldn't have watched it.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
