What does tos in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word tos in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use tos in Spanish.

The word tos in Spanish means cough, coughing fit, whooping cough, productive cough, dry cough, hacking cough. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word tos

cough

nombre femenino (movimiento compulsivo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La tos no me dejaba dormir.
I couldn't sleep because of my cough.

coughing fit

(tos incontrolada)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Me dio un ataque de tos y tuve que irme de la clase para no molestar.
I had a coughing fit and had to leave the class so as not disrupt it.

whooping cough

(enfermedad bacteriana)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Debido a un brote de tos ferina, todas las escuelas están cerradas.
All schools are closed due to an outbreak of whooping cough.

productive cough

(tos con mucosidad)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

dry cough, hacking cough

(tos sin flema)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La tos seca puede ser síntoma de una infección en las vías respiratorias.
A dry cough may be a symptom of a respiratory infection.

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