constipar

Spanish

Verb

constipar (first-person singular present constipo, first-person singular preterite constipé, past participle constipado)

to catch a cold; congest
to close one's pores, preventing transpiration.

Usage notes

Usually used with reflexive pronouns: "Me he constipado".
Constiparse is a false friend, and does not mean "to constipate". The word for "to constipate" in Spanish is estreñir.

Conjugation

Conjugation of constipar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

		singular			plural
infinitive			constipar
gerund			constipando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		constipado		constipada
		plural		constipados		constipadas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	constipo	constipas^tú constipás^{^vos}	constipa	constipamos	constipáis	constipan
	imperfect	constipaba	constipabas	constipaba	constipábamos	constipabais	constipaban
	preterite	constipé	constipaste	constipó	constipamos	constipasteis	constiparon
	future	constiparé	constiparás	constipará	constiparemos	constiparéis	constiparán
	conditional	constiparía	constiparías	constiparía	constiparíamos	constiparíais	constiparían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	constipe	constipes^{^tú} constipés^{^vos²}	constipe	constipemos	constipéis	constipen
	imperfect (ra)	constipara	constiparas	constipara	constipáramos	constiparais	constiparan
	imperfect (se)	constipase	constipases	constipase	constipásemos	constipaseis	constipasen
	future¹	constipare	constipares	constipare	constipáremos	constipareis	constiparen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		constipa^{^tú} constipá^{^vos}	constipe	constipemos	constipad	constipen
	negative		no constipes	no constipe	no constipemos	no constipéis	no constipen

¹ Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
² Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

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