Phrase guide

heart attack

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An acute myocardial infarction, sometimes fatal, caused by the sudden occurrence of coronary thrombosis, which obstructs the blood supply to the heart and leads to necrosis of heart muscle tissue.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: cardiology, medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: myocardial infarction

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A major fright.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

  • She'll have a heart attack when she sees that!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Death or failure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

  • My computer had a heart attack when I tried to get it to run that program.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a sudden severe instance of abnormal heart function

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: attack, heart failure, coronary failure

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

122 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: infarkti miokardial — acute myocardial infarction
  • Arabic: اِحْتِشَاء قَلْبِيّ (iḥtišāʔ qalbiyy) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Arabic: احتشاء عضلة القلب — acute myocardial infarction
  • Arabic: جَلْطَة (jalṭa) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Arabic: سَكْتَة قَلْبِيَّة (sakta galbiyya) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Armenian: սրտի կաթված (srti katʻvac) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Azerbaijani: miokard infarktı — acute myocardial infarction
  • Basque: miokardio infartu akutu — acute myocardial infarction
  • Belarusian: сардэ́чны пры́ступ (sardéčny prýstup) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Belarusian: інфа́ркт міяка́рда (infárkt mijakárda) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Belarusian: інфа́ркт (infárkt) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Bulgarian: инфа́ркт на миока́рда (infárkt na miokárda) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Bulgarian: инфа́ркт (infárkt) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Catalan: infart — acute myocardial infarction
  • Catalan: atac de cor — acute myocardial infarction
  • Cebuano: atake sa kasingkasing — acute myocardial infarction
  • Chinese Mandarin: 心肌梗死 (xīnjī gěngsǐ) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Chinese Mandarin: 心肌梗塞 (xīnjī gěngsè) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Chinese Mandarin: 心臟病發作 /心脏病发作 (xīnzàngbìng fāzuò) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Czech: infarkt myokardu — acute myocardial infarction
  • Danish: hjerteanfald — acute myocardial infarction
  • Danish: hjertetilfælde — acute myocardial infarction
  • Dutch: hartaanval — acute myocardial infarction
  • Dutch: hartinfarct — acute myocardial infarction
  • Dutch: myocardinfarct — acute myocardial infarction
  • Esperanto: korinfarkto — acute myocardial infarction
  • Estonian: südamerabandus — acute myocardial infarction
  • Estonian: südameatakk — acute myocardial infarction
  • Finnish: sydänkohtaus — acute myocardial infarction
  • Finnish: sydäninfarkti — acute myocardial infarction
  • French: crise cardiaque — acute myocardial infarction
  • French: infarctus du myocarde — acute myocardial infarction
  • Georgian: მიოკარდიუმის ინფარქტი (mioḳardiumis inparkṭi) — acute myocardial infarction
  • German: Herzinfarkt — acute myocardial infarction
  • German: Myokardinfarkt — acute myocardial infarction
  • German: akuter Myokardinfarkt — acute myocardial infarction
  • Greek: έμφραγμα (émfragma) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Greek: έμφραγμα του μυοκαρδίου (émfragma tou myokardíou) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Greek: καρδιακή προσβολή (kardiakí prosvolí) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Gujarati: હૃદયાઘાત (hŕdyāghāt) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Hebrew: הֶתְקֵף לֵב — acute myocardial infarction
  • Hindi: हृदयाघात (hŕdyāghāt) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Hungarian: szívroham — acute myocardial infarction
  • Hungarian: szívinfarktus — acute myocardial infarction
  • Hungarian: infarktus — acute myocardial infarction
  • Icelandic: hjartaáfall — acute myocardial infarction
  • Indonesian: serangan jantung — acute myocardial infarction
  • Ingrian: syänrapahus — acute myocardial infarction
  • Interlingua: infarcimento myocardial — acute myocardial infarction
  • Irish: taom croí — acute myocardial infarction
  • Italian: infarto del miocardio — acute myocardial infarction
  • Italian: sciopon — acute myocardial infarction
  • Japanese: 心筋梗塞 (shinkin kōsoku) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Japanese: 心臓発作 (shinzō hossa) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Japanese: 心臓麻痺 (shinzō mahi) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Kazakh: миокард инфарктысы (miokard infarktysy) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Khmer: គាំងបេះដូង (kĕəng behdoung) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Korean: 심근경색 (simgeun'gyeongsaek) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Korean: 심장발작 (simjangbaljak) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Korean: 심장마비 (simjangmabi) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Northern Kurdish: Mirina masûlkeyên dil — acute myocardial infarction
  • Northern Kurdish: Myokardînfarkt — acute myocardial infarction
  • Latin: infarctus cordis — acute myocardial infarction
  • Latin: infarctus cordis acutus — acute myocardial infarction
  • Latin: infarctus myocardii — acute myocardial infarction
  • Latin: infarctus myocardii acutus — acute myocardial infarction
  • Latvian: miokarda infarkts — acute myocardial infarction
  • Lithuanian: miokardo infarktas — acute myocardial infarction
  • Lithuanian: širdies smūgis — acute myocardial infarction
  • Macedonian: срцев на́пад (srcev nápad) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Malay: serangan jantung — acute myocardial infarction
  • Malayalam: ഹൃദയാഘാതം (hr̥dayāghātaṁ) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Māori: mate manawa — acute myocardial infarction
  • Mongolian: зүрхний шигдээс (zürxnii šigdees) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Norwegian: myokardieinfarkt — acute myocardial infarction
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hjerteinfarkt — acute myocardial infarction
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hjerteattakk — acute myocardial infarction
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hjarteinfarkt — acute myocardial infarction
  • Persian: سکته قلبی (sakte-ye qalbi) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Persian: انفارکتوس میوکارد (enfârktus-e meyukârd) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Plautdietsch: Hoatschlach — acute myocardial infarction
  • Polish: zawał serca — acute myocardial infarction
  • Portuguese: ataque cardíaco — acute myocardial infarction
  • Portuguese: infarto do miocárdio — acute myocardial infarction
  • Portuguese: infarto — acute myocardial infarction
  • Romanian: atac de cord — acute myocardial infarction
  • Romanian: infarct — acute myocardial infarction
  • Romanian: infarct miocardic — acute myocardial infarction
  • Russian: серде́чный при́ступ (serdéčnyj prístup) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Russian: инфа́ркт миока́рда (infárkt miokárda) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Russian: инфа́ркт (infárkt) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Serbo-Croatian: срчани удар — acute myocardial infarction
  • Serbo-Croatian: инфаркт миокарда — acute myocardial infarction
  • Serbo-Croatian: srčani udar — acute myocardial infarction
  • Serbo-Croatian: infarkt miokarda — acute myocardial infarction
  • Slovak: infarkt myokardu — acute myocardial infarction
  • Slovene: miokardni infarkt — acute myocardial infarction
  • Lower Sorbian: wutšobowy infarkt — acute myocardial infarction
  • Spanish: ataque cardíaco — acute myocardial infarction
  • Spanish: ataque al corazón — acute myocardial infarction
  • Spanish: infarto — acute myocardial infarction
  • Spanish: infarto agudo de miocardio — acute myocardial infarction
  • Spanish: ataque cardiaco — acute myocardial infarction
  • Swahili: mshtuko wa moyo — acute myocardial infarction
  • Swedish: hjärtinfarkt — acute myocardial infarction
  • Tagalog: atake sa puso — acute myocardial infarction
  • Tamil: மாரடைப்பு (māraṭaippu) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Telugu: గుండెపోటు (guṇḍepōṭu) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Turkish: kalp krizi — acute myocardial infarction
  • Turkish: miyokard enfarktüs — acute myocardial infarction
  • Turkish: miyokardiyal enfarktüs — acute myocardial infarction
  • Ukrainian: серцеви́й напа́д (sercevýj napád) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Ukrainian: інфа́ркт міока́рда (infárkt miokárda) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Ukrainian: інфа́ркт (infárkt) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Urdu: دل کا دورہ (dil ka daura) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Urdu: دورہ قلب (daura qalb) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Urdu: قلبی دورہ (qalbī daura) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Urdu: قلبی دور (qalbī daur) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Vietnamese: nhồi máu cơ tim — acute myocardial infarction
  • Welsh: trawiad ar y galon — acute myocardial infarction
  • Yiddish: האַרץ־אַטאַקע (harts-atake) — acute myocardial infarction
  • Yiddish: האַרץ־אינפֿאַרקט (harts-infarkt) — acute myocardial infarction