catarro

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kəˈta.ru]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kəˈta.ro]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈta.ro]

Noun

catarro m (plural catarros)

1. cold, catarrh
2. whooping cough

Synonyms

• (cold): refredat
• (whooping cough): tos ferina

Derived terms

• catarral
• catarrós

Further reading

• “catarro” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Italian

Etymology

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

Noun

catarro m (plural catarri)

1. (pathology) catarrh, phlegm
2. mucus

Derived terms

Derived terms

• accatarramento
• accatarrare
• accatarratura
• catarroso

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• catarrho (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈta.ʁu/ [kaˈta.hu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈta.ʁu/ [kaˈta.hu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaˈta.ʁu/ [kaˈta.χu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈta.ʁo/ [kaˈta.ho]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈta.ʁu/

• Rhymes: -aʁu

Noun

catarro m (plural catarros)

1. phlegm (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

   Synonym: escarro

Derived terms

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

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈtaro/ [kaˈt̪a.ro]
• Rhymes: -aro
• Syllabification: ca‧ta‧rro

Noun

catarro m (plural catarros)

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

Derived terms

• acatarrar
• catarroso

 

Further reading

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