Estar resfriando

Question

If I can say, Me estoy resfriando , for I am getting a cold can you say then, Se esta refriando, for she is getting a cold?

What is the difference between canasta and cesta?

Answer 1

Estoy resfriando is kind of odd, it is basically saying "I am cooling." The more common expression to say you are cold is to use the verb tenet.

Además, la traducción sería: Tengo frío. (i am cold) Ella tiene frío. (she is cold)

A canasta es donde alguien se pone lavandería que es sucio (hamper, in english). Una cesta es un termino más general que canasta. Por ejemplo cesta de la ropa sería "hamper" pero cesta de la compra sería "shopping basket."

Resfriar is to get a cold, right? I think maybe that´s not what was being asked. - rogspax, Dec 10, 2013

"Resfriarse" is "to catch a cold" and although not gramatically incorrect, "estarse resfriando" does sound strange but only because it is not commonly used - 005faa61, Dec 10, 2013

Answer 2

In addition to all good answers you already get, here are my two cents.

In Spain we usually say: "Me estoy resfriando" for 'I am in the process of catching a cold'. That's something that you feel, or maybe you fear... because you are starting to feel the symptoms. These are the conjugations:

• Yo me estoy resfriando.
• Tú te estás resfriando.
• Él/ella se está resfriando.
• Nosotros nos estamos resfriando.
• Vosotros os estáis resfriando.
• Ellos se están resfriando.

Equivalents are:

• Estoy pillando un resfriado / catarro / la gripe.

Un saludo.

Answer 3

Resfriado is both a noun and an adjective.

For the process of getting a cold, we normally say: Me está dando un resfriado / una gripa (flu).

As an adjective, we say it as Gringo said: Estoy resfriado(a) / tengo gripa.

Canasta is a basket not very high and can be used for anything. We also call a basketball hoop canasta.

Cesta is a basket that is tall, such as one to hold magazines.

Answer 4

Estoy refriado. Tengo gripa.

Here gripa is often used for all cold.flu like symptoms.

Answer 5

I hope a sharper person or native jumps in here, but for now, when I want to say I´m getting a cold (and I had to ask about this just a week ago) a friend shrugged his shoulders and said ¨Me resfrio¨. Technically, one says contraer un resfrio, just like we can say contract a cold, but I don´t know if it´s common, nor if they have a present progressive form that is commonly used (Spanish often doesn´t in cases where we would)

I look forward to better answers myself. ´Tis the season.