constipate

See also: constípate

English

Etymology

From Latin con- (“together”) + stīpāre (“to pack”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒnstɪˌpeɪt/

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Verb

constipate (third-person singular simple present constipates, present participle constipating, simple past and past participle constipated)

1. (transitive) To cause constipation in.
2. (obsolete) To pack or crowd together.

Derived terms

• constipative

 

Related terms

• constipation

Translations

to cause constipation in

• Bulgarian: причинявам запек (pričinjavam zapek)
• Finnish: ummettaa, aiheuttaa ummetusta, kovettaa vatsaa
• French: constiper (fr)
• Galician: estrinxir (gl)
• German: verstopfen (de)
• Irish: triomaigh
• Japanese: 便秘する (べんぴ-する, benpi-suru)
• Romanian: constipa (ro)
• Russian: вызывать запор impf (vyzyvatʹ zapor), крепить (ru) impf (krepitʹ)
• Spanish: estreñir (es)

to pack or crowd together

• German: überfüllen (de)

Anagrams

• copatients, spectation

Latin

Verb

cōnstīpāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of cōnstīpō

Spanish

Verb

constipate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of constipar combined with te