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Learn Spanish with God's Crooked Lines · Los renglones torcidos de Dios
A stretch for youC1Castilian
CastilianFilm · 2022 · Drama · 2h 35m
Alice Gould, a private investigator, pretends to be mentally ill in order to enter a psychiatric hospital and gather evidence for the case she is working on: the death of a patient in unclear circumstances.
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This film adds 26 words to your vocabulary
Distinct words and expressions, to study before, during or after.
Words you’ll meet in this film
celdacell (room in a psychiatric ward or prison)
noun (f)Essential
Cada paciente tiene su propia celda en el pabellón de mujeres.Each patient has their own cell in the women's ward.
ingresoadmission / intake (to a hospital or institution)
noun (m)Essential
El ingreso voluntario requiere la firma del propio paciente.Voluntary admission requires the patient's own signature.
internarto commit / to admit (to a psychiatric facility)
verbEssential
El juez ordenó internar al paciente en una clínica especializada.The judge ordered the patient to be committed to a specialist clinic.
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altadischarge (from hospital); dar el alta = to discharge
noun (f)Essential
El médico le dio el alta después de tres semanas de observación.The doctor discharged her after three weeks of observation.
internamientocommittal / institutional admission
noun (m)Essential
El internamiento fue autorizado con todos los documentos en regla.The committal was authorised with all documents in order.
paranoiaparanoia
noun (f)Essential
El médico sospechaba que el paciente sufría paranoia severa.The doctor suspected the patient was suffering from severe paranoia.
esquizofreniaschizophrenia
noun (f)Essential
La esquizofrenia hebefrénica se manifiesta de forma distinta según el paciente.Hebephrenic schizophrenia manifests differently depending on the patient.
acotado de cazano-go area / off limits (used figuratively to refuse entry into a topic)
Essential
Cuando le pregunté por su ex, me dijo simplemente: 'Eso es acotado de caza'.When I asked about his ex, he simply said: 'That's off limits'.
