🇬🇧🇪🇸 malady - enfermedad : English Lesson

Meaning of "malady" ("enfermedad"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A malady is an illness or sickness that makes your body feel yucky or not work right, like having the flu, a bad cough, or a tummy ache.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

My brother claimed a malady made him allergic to chores, but the doctor said he was only allergic to cleaning his room.

The royal doctor announced that the king’s malady was caused by eating 47 cheese pizzas in one sitting.

Our cat’s mysterious malady was cured instantly when we opened a can of tuna—best medicine ever.

My sister blamed a strange malady for why she couldn’t stop talking, but we all knew that was just her normal setting.

In old books, people often use the word ‘malady’ instead of ‘illness,’ so if a knight says he has a malady, he probably just needs soup and a nap, not a dragon-slaying.

A child found a robin weak under snow, feathers wet with a malady. She cupped it, felt the malady in its trembling chest, and fed warm seeds. The malady seemed to ease when sun touched the bird. A vet later named the malady and patched the wing. The robin hopped, shook, free of malady.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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