tener cagalera

tener cagalera
An intransitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and does not require a direct object (e.g., Everybody please stand up.).
intransitive verb phrase
1.
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society.
(vulgar)
(to have diarrhea)
Regionalism used in Spain
(Spain)
a. to have the shits
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society.
(vulgar)
No puedo ir a trabajar. Estoy con vómitos y además tuve cagalera cuando me desperté.I can't go to work. I've been throwing up, and I had the shits when I woke up too.
b. to have the runs
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society.
(vulgar)
Parece que Pedro tiene cagalera. Ha ido al baño cinco veces en la última hora.It looks like Pedro has the runs. He's gone to the bathroom five times in the last hour.
c. to have the trots
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society.
(vulgar)
Creo que el pescado que comí estaba malo. De momento tengo cagalera.I think that the fish I ate was bad. I have the trots all of a sudden.
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