constipado

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

• IPA^(key): /kons.tiˈpa.ðo/

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

1. (pathology) blocked up (nasally congested)

   Synonyms: acatarrado, resfriado

constipado m (plural constipados)

1. (medicine) a cold

   Synonyms: catarro, resfriado

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

1. past participle of constipar

• constiparse

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

• IPA^(key): /konstiˈpado/ [kõns.t̪iˈpa.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: cons‧ti‧pa‧do

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

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

constipado m (plural constipados)

1. (medicine) cold

   Synonyms: catarro, resfriado

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

1. past participle of constipar

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