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cough /kɒf/ noun tosse f intransitive verb tossire ■ cough up transitive/intransitive verb sputare;
(fam: pay) sborsare

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'cough' found in these entries:

English:

barking - bronchial - chesty - cough mixture - hacking cough - wheezy - whooping cough

Italian:

pastiglia - pertosse - scucire - sganciare - tosse - tossire

cough: WordReference English-Italian Dictionary © 2009

cough		(med.)	tossire v
cough		(med)	tosse nf
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Compound Forms/Forme composte
cough syrup	n	(liquid medicine for a cough)	sciroppo per la tosse nm
The doctor prescribed a cough syrup to help ease the patient's persistent cough.
Il medico mi ha prescritto lo sciroppo per la tosse tre volte al giorno.
cough up	vi	figurative, slang (pay money owed) colloquiale: soldi in pagamento	sborsare, tirare fuori i soldi vtr ⇒
Hai perso la scommessa, adesso devi sborsare i 50 Euro!
cough up	vtr	figurative (pay: money owed) colloquiale: soldi in pagamento	sborsare, tirare fuori, cacciare fuori vtr ⇒
We had a bet and you lost - so cough up!
Hai perso la scommessa, adesso devi sborsare i 50 Euro!
cough up	vtr	literal (expel sth by coughing)	sputare vtr ⇒
She coughed up the fish bone which she had swallowed by accident.
Sputò l'osso di ciliegia che le era andato di traverso.
cough-drops			pasticche per la tosse nfpl
cough-medicine			farmaco per la tosse nm
cough-syrup			sciroppi per la tosse nmpl
dry cough			tosse secca nf
whooping cough			pertosse nf
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