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 the same as the English word constipated.
Noun
constipado m (plural constipados)
- (medicine) a cold
- Synonyms: catarro, resfriado
Verb
constipado m (feminine singular constipada, masculine plural constipados, feminine plural constipadas)
- Masculine singular past participle of constipar
See also
- constiparse
Spanish
FWOTD – 10 December 2012
Etymology
From Latin cōnstīpātus (“crowded or pressed closely together”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konstiˈpado/ [kõns.t̪iˈpa.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -ado
- Syllabification: cons‧ti‧pa‧do
Adjective
constipado (feminine 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.
- 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. The Spanish word for constipated is estreñido or estreñida.
Noun
constipado m (plural constipados)
- (medicine) cold
- Synonyms: catarro, resfriado
Participle
constipado (feminine constipada, masculine plural constipados, feminine plural constipadas)
- past participle of constipar
Further reading
- “constipado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014