be sick

English

Verb

be sick (third-person singular simple present is sick, present participle being sick, simple past was sick, past participle been sick)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: be sick.

   I am sick today, so can't come to work.

2. (informal) To vomit.

   The dog's been sick all over the carpet.

Translations

to be ill

• Azerbaijani: xəstə olmaq, naxoş olmaq
• Belarusian: хварэ́ць impf (xvarécʹ)
• Big Nambas: im'at
• Czech: churavět impf
• Finnish: sairastaa (fi)
• Hungarian: beteg (hu)
• Japanese: 病む (ja) (やむ, yamu)
• Korean: 앓다 (ko) (alta)
• Northern Sami: buohcat
• Polish: chorować (pl) impf, niedomagać (pl) impf
• Russian: боле́ть (ru) impf (bolétʹ), хвора́ть (ru) impf (xvorátʹ), недомога́ть (ru) impf (nedomogátʹ)
• Ukrainian: хворі́ти impf (xvoríty), недомага́ти impf (nedomaháty)

vomit — see vomit