to overcome acute depression

The Spanish phrase 'vencer una depresión aguda' translates as 'to overcome acute depression' in English. In this statement, 'vencer' means to overcome or conquer, 'una' is an indefinite article corresponding to 'a', 'depresión' stands for depression, a state of feeling extremely unhappy and without hope, and 'aguda' specifies it as acute, which means very serious or severe in medical terms. So all together, 'vencer una depresión aguda' refers to a strenuous process of overcoming a severe episode of depression.