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tosse.

cough (expulsion of air from the lungs)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtɔ.si/Brazil/ˈtɔ.sɨ/Portugal
  1. cough (expulsion of air from the lungs)

    feminine
  2. common cold

    familiar · feminine · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese tosse, from Latin tussis (“cough”), from Proto-Indo-European *tud-ti-s- (“cough”), from *(s)tewd-, from *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”).

verb/ˈtɔ.si/Brazil/ˈtɔ.sɨ/Portugal
  1. inflection of tossir: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of tossir: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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