intratable

Spanish

Etymology

From in- +‎ tratar +‎ -able.

Adjective

intratable m or f (masculine and feminine plural intratables)

1. untreatable
   • 2015 July 6, “La legalización de la marihuana se abre camino en Texas”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Sólo las personas con una epilepsia intratable podrán acceder al “cannabidiol” o aceite de marihuana.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. intractable, ornery, cross-grained, unsociable

Related terms

• tratable
• tratar

 

Further reading

• “intratable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28