catarro

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

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

catarro m (plural catarros)

1. cold, catarrh
2. whooping cough

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

• catarral
• catarrós

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

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

catarro m (plural catarri)

1. (pathology) catarrh, phlegm
2. mucus

• catarrho (obsolete)

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

• Rhymes: -aʁu

catarro m (plural catarros)

1. phlegm (mucus secreted in the bronchial passages)

   Synonym: escarro

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

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”).

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

catarro m (plural catarros)

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

• “catarro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28