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Si un paciente no bebe agua por tres días, muere. (en → es)
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Re: Si un paciente no bebe agua por tres días, muere. (en → es)
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Si un paciente no bebe agua por tres días, muere.
en: If a patient doesn't drink water for 3 days, they die.
If a patient doesn't drink water for 3 days, they diehe/she dies.
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Re: Si un paciente no bebe agua por tres días, muere. (en → es)
Can "un paciente" be either a man or a woman?
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Re: Si un paciente no bebe agua por tres días, muere. (en → es)
Given the context, yes, because the idea was expressed to refer to a general, abstract patient. After all, both women and men would die if they didn't drink water for a number of days
Doctors would say "un paciente" for a specific male patient (without specifying who) and "una paciente" for a specific female patient: "tengo un/una paciente en condiciones muy graves," for example.
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