constipado
Galician
Etymology
From Latin cōnstīpātus (“crowded or pressed closely together”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kons.tiˈpa.ðo/
Adjective
constipado m (feminine singular constipada, masculine plural constipados, feminine plural constipadas)
- (pathology) blocked up (nasally congested)
- Synonyms: acatarrado, resfriado
Usage notes
- Constipado is a false friend, and does not mean constipated. Galician equivalents are shown in the "Translations" section of the English entry constipated.
Verb
constipado m (feminine singular constipada, masculine plural constipados, feminine plural constipadas)
- Masculine singular past participle of constipar
Spanish
FWOTD – 10 December 2012
Etymology
From Latin cōnstīpātus (“crowded or pressed closely together”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konstiˈpado/, [kõnst̪iˈpaðo]
Adjective
constipado (feminine singular constipada, masculine plural constipados, feminine plural constipadas)
- (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."
- "La alimentación es importante para cualquier enfermo porque un buen plato, un caldo elaborado y gustoso, cuando estamos constipados nos devuelve la vida."
- Synonyms: acatarrado, resfriado
- 10 Nov 2012, Ferran Adrià, Ferran Adrià: Las dietas no funcionan, solo funciona la constancia, Diario La Vanguardia.
Usage notes
- Constipado is a false friend, and does not mean constipated. Spanish equivalents are shown in the "Translations" section of the English entry constipated.
Verb
constipado m (feminine singular constipada, masculine plural constipados, feminine plural constipadas)
- Masculine singular past participle of constipar.
Further reading
- “constipado” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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