Un constipado

Question

Can one say "Tengo un constipada" in Spanish for "I have a cold", or must one only use estar as in "Estoy constipada"? I'm working on some flash cards called "At the doctors office" and am trying to simplify. ¡Gracias!

I realize I should have said "Tengo una constipada" instead of "un constipada". Please excuse the error. - Helind, Feb 20, 2012

Answer 1

"Estoy resfriado/a", "Estoy constipado/a", "Estoy acatarrado/a" are the same.

Other expressions you could hear (Spanish from Spain):

"Tengo un resfriado/constipado/catarro terrible"

"¡He pillado/cogido/pescado un buen resfriado!"

Thanks, Cordobesa! - Helind, Feb 21, 2012

De nada, Helind :) - Cordobesa, Feb 22, 2012

Answer 2

In a Spanish TV show, I heard them using "tengo un resfrío."

Here are more ways of saying it. But I am not a native speaker, not sure which one is used where.

There are many words for a cold including un catarro, un resfriado, and un resfrío. I'm trying to figure out if I can say "tener un constipado" or "una constipado" or if I have to use "estar constipada" when using this word in the sentence "I have a cold" - Helind, Feb 20, 2012

you can use both tengo and estoy, see the link in above post. That's why I sent it to you. Cheers. - - JazSpanish, Feb 20, 2012

Thanks, Jasmine! I didn't notice the link before, sorry. - Helind, Feb 20, 2012

Answer 3

You have to say "tengo un resfrío" or "estoy resfriado", if you want to use the word "constipado" you have to say "estoy constipado" which is also correct.

It's extremely rare to hear someone saying "tengo constipación".

Watch out, "Constipado" IS NOT "constipated"; this is a case of ''false friends''. Constipated in Spanish is "estreñido".

Greetings.

Thanks, Juan Pablo! - Helind, Feb 21, 2012

Answer 4

Constipado => constipated. Nothing to do with a cold.

Anyway, you can't say "tengo un constipado". The propey way would be "tengo constipación" or "estoy constipado/a".

If you have a cold, you can say either "Tengo un resfriado" or "estoy resfriado". Tengo un resfrío" is also used.

According to my vocabulary book and several native speakers that I've spoken with, "constipado" is a word for "cold". The word for "constipated" is "estreñido", again according to my book. - Helind, Feb 20, 2012

Never heard of that, but it may be local. Wher I'm from, constipado and estreñido are synonymous. - 00d312f5, Feb 21, 2012

Answer 5

Estoy resfriado means I have cold but estoy constipado ,Simply mean I have costipation.But I my be wrong as I am not a native spanish speaker.