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"Coughed" is a form of "cough", a noun which is often translated as "la tos". "Sneezed" is a form of "sneeze", a noun which is often translated as "el estornudo". Learn more about the difference between "coughed" and "sneezed" below.
cough()
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
sneeze()
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. el estornudo (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Your loud sneeze startled the baby.Tu fuerte estornudo asustó al bebé.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
a. estornudar
Something's irritating my nose, and I think I'm going to sneeze.Algo me está irritando la nariz y creo que voy a estornudar.