terapia

therapy

noun teh-RAH-pyah Rare

Origin: From Greek 'therapeia' (healing).

Usage Note

Terapia covers any form of therapeutic treatment — physical, psychological, or occupational. Ir a terapia colloquially means seeing a psychologist or therapist. Compound forms are common: terapia ocupacional (occupational therapy), terapia de pareja (couples therapy). The practitioner is a terapeuta (invariable gender ending).

Examples

"El médico le recomendó terapia física."

Natural Translation

The doctor recommended physical therapy.

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