constipado

Spanish

FWOTD - 10 December 2012

Etymology

From Latin constipatus (“crowded or pressed closely together”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kons.tiˈpa.ðo/

Noun

constipado m (plural constipados)

1. (medicine) cold

Synonyms

• catarro m
• resfriado m

Adjective

constipado m (feminine constipada, masculine plural constipados, feminine plural constipadas)

1. (medicine) that has a cold, congested
   • 10 Nov 2012, Ferran Adrià, Ferran Adrià: Las dietas no funcionan, solo funciona la constancia, Diario La Vanguardia.

     "La alimentación es importante para cualquier enfermo porque un buen plato, un caldo elaborado y gustoso, cuando estamos constipados nos devuelve la vida."

     "Diet is important for any sick person beacuse a good meal, an elaborated tasty stool, brings us back to life when we have a cough."

Synonyms

• acatarrado m
• resfriado m

Verb

constipado (infinitive constipar)

1. Past participle of constipar.

See also

• constiparse