| inglés > español | |
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| cough | |
| 1. s. Tos | |
| 2. Toser | |
| inglés > inglés | |
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| cough | |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion. |  |
| I breathed in a lungful of smoke by mistake, and started to cough. | |
| 2. v. (transitive, sometimes followed by "up") To force something out of the throat or lungs by coughing. | |
| Sometimes she coughed (up) blood. | |
| 3. v. (intransitive) To make a noise like a cough. | |
| The engine coughed and sputtered. | |
| 4. s. A sudden, usually noisy expulsion of air from the lungs, often involuntary. | |
| Behind me, I heard a distinct, dry cough. | |
| 5. s. A condition that causes one to cough; a tendency to cough. | |
| Sorry, I can't come to work today – I've got a nasty cough. | |
| 6. s. Used to focus attention on a following utterance, often a euphemism or an attribution of blame | |
| He was – cough – indisposed. | |
| español > inglés | |
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| toser | |
| 1. v. to cough | |
| 2. v. (figurative) to hold a candle (to someone); to compete (with someone); to touch (be as good as) | |
| nadie le puede toser - nobody is anywhere near as good as him | |
