Here’s a word that is hitting close to home right now.
Gripe is a cold or illness. Tener gripe is to be sick or have a cold.
“Grippe” is featured in Shakespeare’s Twelveth Night.
[…] had learned that gripe was more the word for the flu, but that it is also the word commonly used for a cold. This week I […]
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“Grippe” is featured in Shakespeare’s Twelveth Night.
[…] had learned that gripe was more the word for the flu, but that it is also the word commonly used for a cold. This week I […]