Spanish word

drogadicción

Pronunciation

IPA/dɾoɣaðikˈθjon/

Meaning

  • feminine noundrug addiction

Example

La drogadicción es difícil de superar sin ayuda.

Drug addiction is difficult to overcome without help.

Illustration for drogadicción (drug addiction)

More examples

Muchas familias buscan ayuda cuando un miembro cae en la drogadicción.

Many families seek help when a member becomes addicted to drugs.

Core concept

Persistent physical and psychological dependence on drugs that causes intense ongoing craving and difficulty stopping.

Common phrases

  • caer en la drogadicción

    become addicted to drugs

  • sufrir de drogadicción

    have a drug addiction

  • centro de rehabilitación para la drogadicción

    drug rehab center

Similar words

adicción: Repeated uncontrollable use of drugs driven by compulsion and inability to quit alone.
dependencia: Bodily adaptation to a drug that creates a physiological need and withdrawal on cessation.
abuso: Harmful overuse of drugs that causes problems for health, work, or relationships.

Definition in Spanish

Dependencia física o psicológica hacia las drogas que provoca un deseo intenso y continuo de consumirlas y dificulta dejarlo.

Word origin

It comes from Spanish droga 'drug' plus adicción 'addiction', and adicción derives from Latin addictio meaning 'a giving over' or 'surrender'.

Usage tips

  • When referring to people, avoid calling them drogadicto and say tener problemas con las drogas or estar enganchado/a to sound less stigmatizing.

Other meanings

  • drug dependencenoun

Opposites

  • abstinenciaabstinencenoun

Related words

  • drogadictismodrug addictionnoun
  • drogadictoaddicted to drugsadjective

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