Meaning of flu | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Influenza
2. See influenza.
3. Stomach flu.
   informal, uncountable, usually
4. Stomach flu
5. short for influenza.
6. Influenza.
7. Any of several infections that affect the respiratory or gastrointestinal tract and are caused by viruses other than the influenza virus.
8. (Pathology) the flu short for influenza
9. (Pathology) any of various viral infections, esp a respiratory or intestinal infection
10. a specific variety of influenza, usu. named for its point of dissemination or its animal vector.
11. A. N → gripe f, gripa f (Col, Mex)I've got flu → tengo gripeto get or catch flu → agarrar la gripe, agriparse (LAm)
    N
12. B. CPD flu jab N → vacuna f contra la gripeflu vaccine N → vacuna f antigripal
    CPD
13. n → Grippe f; to get or catch/have (the) flu → (die or eine) Grippe bekommen/haben
    n

Equivalents

Examples

“catch flu”

“get over the flu”

“transmit flu”

“He missed work because he caught the flu.”

“Every winter, doctors warn about seasonal flu.”

“She felt like she had the flu, with aches and fever.”

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