English
Pronunciation
Verb
catch a cold third-person singular simple present catches a cold present participle catching a cold simple past and past participle caught a cold
( idiomatic ) contract a cold .( idiomatic ) encounter difficulties .
2014 March 22, Rupert Jones, “Retiring abroad? Don't catch a cold because of the state pension freeze”, in The Guardian :Don't catch a cold because of the state pension freeze.
2018 February 14, Gary Howes, “British Pound to Languish Below 1.10 vs. Euro as Recession Beckons in 2021 say Scandinavian Economists”, in Pound Sterling :If the U.S. goes into recession in 2021, the rest of the world is expected to catch a cold .
Translations
contract a cold
Arabic: أُصِيبَ بِبَرْدٍ ( ʔuṣība bibardin )
Aromanian: mi-arãtsescu
Belarusian: засту́джвацца impf ( zastúdžvacca ) , застудзі́цца pf ( zastudzícca )
Bulgarian: простудя́вам се impf ( prostudjávam se ) , простудя́ се pf ( prostudjá se )
Catalan: refredar-se (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 感冒 ( gam2 mou6 )
Mandarin: 感冒 (zh) ( gǎnmào ) , 受涼 ／ 受凉 (zh) ( shòuliáng ) , 受凉 (zh) ( shòuliáng ) , 傷風 ／ 伤风 (zh) ( shāngfēng ) , 伤风 (zh) ( shāngfēng )
Czech: nachladit se pf nastydnout pf
Danish: blive forkølet
Dutch: kou vatten verkouden (nl) worden (nl)
Esperanto: malvarmumi (eo)
Estonian: külmetuma
Finnish: vilustua (fi)
French: prendre froid (fr) , attraper un rhume attraper la mort (fr) , attraper froid (fr)
Galician: arrefriar (gl)
German: sich erkälten (de)
Hungarian: megfázik (hu)
Italian: raffreddarsi
Japanese: 風邪を引く (ja) ( かぜをひく, kaze o hiku ) , 風邪 を召す ( かぜをめす, kaze o mesu )
Khmer: ផ្ដាសាយ (km) ( phdaahsaay )
Korean: 감기 에 걸리다 ( gamgi-e geollida )
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latgalian: puorsaļt
Latvian: saaukstēties
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Lithuanian: péršalti
Macedonian: настинува impf ( nastinuva ) , настине pf ( nastine )
Malay: please add this translation if you can
Mon: ဒးချာံ ( daḥ khyāṁ )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bli forkjølet
Nynorsk: bli forkjølt
Persian: سرما خوردن (fa) ( sarmâ xordan )
Polish: przeziębiać się impf przeziębić się pf
Portuguese: resfriar -se
Romanian: a se răci (ro)
Russian: простужа́ться (ru) impf ( prostužátʹsja ) , простуди́ться (ru) pf ( prostudítʹsja ) , простыва́ть (ru) impf ( prostyvátʹ ) , просты́ть (ru) pf ( prostýtʹ )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: прехладити се pf
Roman: prehladiti se (sh) pf
Slovak: nachladnúť pf prechladnúť pf
Slovene: prehladiti se pf
Spanish: resfriarse (es)
Swedish: bli förkyld
Thai: จับหวัด ( jàp-wàt ) , เป็นหวัด ( bpen-wàt )
Ukrainian: засту́джуватися impf ( zastúdžuvatysja ) , застуди́тися pf ( zastudýtysja )
Uzbek: shamollamoq (uz)
Vietnamese: bị cảm lạnh
Walloon: atraper do må (wa)
Welsh: cael annwyd dala annwyd ( South )
Yiddish: פֿאַרקילן זיך ( farkiln zikh )
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