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tosse

cough

noun TOHS-seh Rare
Body & Health Health & Illness

Usage Note

Tosse is feminine and invariable in form across contexts; the plural le tossi is rarely used since a bout of coughing is expressed with una tosse (singular). The verb 'to cough' is tossire. A persistent cough is tosse persistente; colpo di tosse means a single coughing fit.

Examples

"Ho una tosse che non passa."

Natural Translation

I have a cough that won't go away.

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