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el manicomio

mental hospital, asylum

m a n i ˈk o m j o
noun · masculine Uncommon #20,639
mental hospital, asylum Often used in a negative or old-fashioned way; in modern contexts you may also hear “hospital psiquiátrico”.
SP: Después de la crisis, lo llevaron a un manicomio.
EN: After the crisis, they took him to a mental hospital.

Le mandaron a un manicomio.

They sent him to a mental hospital.

Deberían llevársela al manicomio.

They should take her to a mental hospital.

— Las noches de Cabiria (1957)

Aquí parezco un loco que se escapó de un manicomio.

Here I look like a madman who escaped from an asylum.

Este lugar es un manicomio.

This place is a madhouse.

La enviaremos a una institución ¿Te refieres a un manicomio?

We'll send her to an institution. You mean an insane asylum?

— Black (2005)

Rebecca le amenazó con el manicomio.

Rebecca threatened him with the mental asylum.

— Rebeca (1940)

Nadie va a enviarle al manicomio.

Nobody is going to send him to the mental hospital.

— Rebeca (1940)

Nos volverán a llevar al manicomio, eso es todo.

They'll take us back to the asylum, that's all.

Por lo menos déjame en el manicomio.

At least leave me in the mental hospital.

— Такси-блюз (1990)

Esos van a ser míos cuando ella termine en el manicomio.

Those will be mine when she ends up in the mental hospital.

— La doncella (2016)

No quiero ir al manicomio.

I don't want to go to the psychiatric hospital.

— Rebeca (1940)

Esto es un manicomio.

This is a madhouse.

He oído que van a sacar una parte de su cerebro, y enviarlo a un manicomio.

I've heard they're going to remove a part of his brain and send him to an asylum.

— Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

Sé de los experimentos con pacientes en su manicomio.

I know about the experiments on patients in your asylum.

Seguro que ayer salió del manicomio.

He must have left the insane asylum yesterday.

— Moscú no cree en las lágrimas (1980)

Que mi lugar es en el manicomio?

Is my place in a mental hospital?

— La asistenta (2025)