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Meaning of catch a cold | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. To contract a cold.
    idiomatic
  2. To encounter difficulties.
    idiomatic

Equivalents

العربية أُصِيبَ بِبَرْدٍ
Bosanski prehladiti прехладити
Català refredar-se
Čeština nachladit se
Deutsch erkälten sich erkälten sich verkühlen verkühlen
Ελληνικά κρυολογώ
Esperanto malvarmumi
Español acatarrarse resfriarse
فارسی سرما خوردن
Suomi vilustua
Français attraper froid attraper la mort attraper un rhume prendre froid
Galego arrefriar arrefriar
עברית הצטנן התקרר
Hrvatski prehladiti прехладити
Italiano raffreddarsi
日本語 召す 風邪を召す 風邪を引く 風邪を引く
ខ្មែរ ផ្ដាសាយ
한국어 감기에 걸리다
Lietuvių peršalti
Македонски настине настинува
Nederlands kouvatten verkouden worden
Polski przeziębiać przeziębiać się przeziębić przeziębić się zakatarzyć zaziębiać zaziębić
Português gripar pegar um resfriado resfriar-se
Română răci
Русский простудиться простужаться простывать просты́ть
Српски prehladiti прехладити
ไทย จับหวัด เป็นหวัด เป็นหวัด
Türkçe üşütmek
Українська застуджуватися засту́джуватися застудитися застуди́тися
Oʻzbekcha shamollamoq
Tiếng Việt bị cảm làm cảm

Examples

“Don't catch a cold because of the state pension freeze.”
“If the U.S. goes into recession in 2021, the rest of the world is expected to catch a cold.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

catch a crab catch a date catch a dick catch a fade catch a falling knife catch a packet

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