constipado

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kons.tiˈpa.ðo/

Adjective

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

1. (pathology) blocked up (nasally congested)

   Synonyms: acatarrado, resfriado

Usage notes

• Constipado is a false friend, and does not mean constipated. The Galician word for constipated is estrinxido or estrinxida.

Noun

constipado m (plural constipados)

1. (medicine) a cold

   Synonyms: catarro, resfriado

See also

• constiparse

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Spanish

FWOTD – 10 December 2012

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konstiˈpado/ [kõns.t̪iˈpa.ð̞o]

Adjective

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

1. (medicine) blocked up (nasally 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 because a good meal, a prepared and tasty stew, brings us back to life when we have a cough."

   Synonyms: acatarrado, resfriado

Usage notes

• Constipado is a false friend, and does not mean constipated. The Spanish word for constipated is estreñido or estreñida.

Noun

constipado m (plural constipados)

1. (medicine) cold

   Synonyms: catarro, resfriado

Verb

1. Template:es-verb form of/participle constipar.

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001