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inconsciente

unconscious

adjective een-kohn-SYEN-teh Rare
Body & Health Health & Illness

Origin: From Latin in- (not) + conscius (aware).

Also means

unaware

Usage Note

Inconsciente can mean medically unconscious (quedó inconsciente tras el golpe) or psychologically unaware of one's actions. As a noun, el inconsciente refers to the psychoanalytic unconscious (Freudian sense). It contrasts with consciente (aware, conscious) and is invariable in gender.

Examples

"El corredor quedó inconsciente tras la caída."

Natural Translation

The runner became unconscious after the fall.

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