catarro

From Late Latin catarrhus, from Ancient Greek κατάρροος (katárrhoos, “catarrh, head cold”).

catarro m (plural catarri)

1. (pathology) catarrh, phlegm
2. mucus

• catarrho (obsolete)

Borrowed from Late Latin catarrhus, from Ancient Greek κατάρροος (katárrhoos).

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ˈta.ʁu/

catarro m (plural catarros)

1. phlegm (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

• escarro

• catarrinho (diminutive)
• catarrão (augmentative)
• catarral
• catarrento
• catarroso

From Late Latin catarrhus, from Ancient Greek κατάρροος (katárrhoos, “catarrh, head cold”), from καταρρέω (katarrhéō, “I flow down”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ῥέω (rhéō, “I flow”).

• IPA^(key): /kaˈtaro/, [kaˈt̪aro]

catarro m (plural catarros)

1. (illness) cold
2. mucus
3. (pathology) catarrh

• acatarrar
• catarroso

• “catarro” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.