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One is a cold The other is well, constipation... if you say in Portugal you have 'a constipação' you mean you have a cold... https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con

by Elvie 7y ago

One is a cold The other is well, constipation... if you say in Portugal you have 'a constipação' you mean you have a cold... https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constipa%C3%A7%C3%A3o https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constipa%C3%A7%C3%A3o links to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_cold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_cold

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forinti 7y ago
I see. In Brazil constipação has both meanings, although it's mostly used with the same meaning as the English version.
- Elvie 7y ago
  Well, I have learnt something new today... In Portugal it would be Obstipacao or Prisao de Ventre
- andredz 7y ago
  In Spanish constipado means a cold or having a cold but according to the DRAE constipación de vientre means well… constipation. Or you could use resfriado which means a cold but also contains the lexical morpheme/root -fri- (frío which means cold) so it might sound nicer and be easier to remember.