medicamento para el resfriado
/medikamento paɾa el ɾesfɾjado/from spelling rules
The English phrase "cold medicine" is translated into Spanish as medicamento para el resfriado.
This phrase refers to a drug used to treat the symptoms of a common cold.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of medicamento (medicine), para (for), el (the) and resfriado (cold).
Which one should you use?
While medicamento is the more precise term for a pharmaceutical drug, you may see the synonym remedio para el resfriado used to mean "cold remedy". Additionally, in colloquial speech, medicina para el resfriado is frequently used to mean the same thing.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Spain, you will frequently hear both medicina para el catarro and medicamento para el resfriado. In Argentina and Uruguay, you might hear remedio para el resfrío or medicamento para el catarro.
How does it change in a sentence?
To make the phrase plural to say "cold medicines", you must change medicamento to medicamentos (medicamentos para el resfriado).
Did you know?
- If you are in a pharmacy in Mexico or Colombia, you might ask for un antigripal rather than using the full phrase medicamento para el resfriado.
- In many Spanish-speaking cultures, a 'remedio' for a cold is often a homemade concoction, such as tea with honey, lemon and garlic, rather than a store-bought pharmaceutical.
- The word medicamento shares an ancient ancestor with the English word 'medicine', both descending from the Latin 'medicāmentum'.
Examples in context
- Disculpe, ¿tiene medicina para el resfriado?Excuse me, do you have any cold medicine?
- Necesito un medicamento para el resfriado.I need a cold medicine.
- ¿Tienes algún medicamento para el resfriado?Do you have any cold medicine?
- Este medicamento para el resfriado es muy fuerte.This cold medicine is very strong.
Example conversation
Sofía is feeling unwell at home and asks Mateo for help.
- SofíaMateo, no me siento bien.Mateo, I don't feel well.
- Mateo¿Quieres un medicamento para el resfriado?Do you want a cold medicine?
- SofíaSí, por favor, tengo mucha congestión.Yes, please, I am very congested.
- MateoTe lo traigo ahora mismo.I will bring it to you right now.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries el, medicamento, para, CC BY-SA 4.0.
