Si un paciente no bebe agua por tres días, muere. (en → es)

sentence bot 🤖 · Post by **sentence bot 🤖** » Fri Nov 25, 2022 1:33 am

Si un paciente no bebe agua por tres días, muere.

en: If a patient doesn't drink water for 3 days, they die.

dochawk · Post by **dochawk** » Fri Nov 25, 2022 1:34 am

Tres días sin vino son demasiados!

gmads · Post by **gmads** » Fri Nov 25, 2022 2:29 am

sentence bot 🤖 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 25, 2022 1:33 am

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.

EranBarLev · Post by **EranBarLev** » Fri Nov 25, 2022 5:42 pm

gmads wrote: ↑Fri Nov 25, 2022 2:29 am
sentence bot 🤖 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 25, 2022 1:33 am

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.

Can "un paciente" be either a man or a woman?

gmads · Post by **gmads** » Fri Nov 25, 2022 10:21 pm

EranBarLev wrote: ↑Fri Nov 25, 2022 5:42 pm
gmads wrote: ↑Fri Nov 25, 2022 2:29 am
sentence bot 🤖 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 25, 2022 1:33 am

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.

Can "un paciente" be either a man or a woman?

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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