English-Spanish translations for wheelchair

• silla de ruedas
  Estoy pensando ahora sobre todo en las personas en silla de ruedas. I am thinking here especially of people in wheelchairs.
  ¿Pueden imaginar que se discrimine a una mujer de raza negra en silla de ruedas? Can you imagine that a black female wheelchair user can feel discriminated against?
  En el periodo de dos terribles años se vio confinado a una silla de ruedas y, finalmente, la enfermedad le causó la muerte. In two horrible years he was confined to a wheelchair and finally the disease killed him.

Definition of wheelchair

• A chair mounted on large wheels for the transportation or use of a sick or disabled person
• Any device involving wheels designed to assist a non-human animal with locomotion

Related words

• wheelchaired
• wheelchair ramp
• wheelchair user
• wheelchair basketball
• wheelchair curling
• wheelchair rugby
• wheelchair fencing
• wheelchair tennis
• wheelchair badminton