flu

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈfluː/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/flu/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(flo̅o̅)

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En esta página: flu, influenza
'flu' tiene referencia cruzada con 'influenza'. Se encuentra en una o más de las líneas abajo.'flu' is cross-referenced with 'influenza'. It is in one or more of the lines below.

WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
flu,
the flu n		 abbreviation (influenza)gripe nf
  (MX, CO)gripa nf
 Fred stayed home from work because he had the flu.
 Fred se quedó en la casa y no fue a trabajar porque tenía gripe.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
influenza n formal (viral disease)influenza nf
  gripe nf
 Contracting influenza can be a miserable experience.
 Contraer influenza puede ser una experiencia miserable.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
flu | influenza
InglésEspañol
avian influenza n (disease: chickens, wild birds)gripe aviar loc nom f
bird flu,
avian flu n		 colloquial (viral disease: avian influenza)gripe aviar loc nom f
blue flu (police: absenteeism)gripe azul loc nom f
  ausencia policial como protesta loc nom f
a dose of flu,
a dose of the flu n		 (case of influenza)gripe nf
 A dose of flu kept Gavin away from the Christmas party.
flu shot n informal (vaccination against influenza)vacuna de la gripe nf + loc adj
 I didn't want to run the risk of getting ill so I had the flu shot last week.
 No quería correr el riesgo de enfermarme así que me di la vacuna de la gripe la semana pasada.
  vacuna antiinfluenza nf + adj
  vacuna contra la influenza nf + loc adj
 No quería correr el riesgo de enfermarme así que me di la vacuna antifluenza la semana pasada.
flu vaccine n (inoculation against flu)vacuna de la gripe, vacuna contra la gripe nf + loc adj
  vacuna antigripal nf + adj mf
flu-like adj (resembling influenza) (MX)agripado participio
 She had flu-like symptoms: a cough and a fever.
 Se veía bastante agripada: tenía tos y fiebre.
  griposo/a adj
 Se veía bastante griposa: tenía tos y fiebre.
  gripal adj mf
 Tenía síntomas gripales: tos y fiebre.
stomach bug,
sickness bug n		 UK (gastric infection)virus estomacal nm inv + adj mf
  infección estomacal nf + adj mf
stomach flu n US, abbreviation (gastric infection)gastroenteritis nf
 Joe put his diarrhea and vomiting down to stomach flu.
  gripe intestinal loc nom f
swine flu n (H1N1 strain of influenza)gripe porcina, influenza porcina loc nom f
yuppie flu n pejorative, informal, dated (chronic fatigue) (coloquial)gripe del yuppie loc nom f
  fatiga crónica loc nom f
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'flu' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
bout - flu vaccine - grippe - lurgy - SARS - stomach virus
Spanish:
gripa - gripal - gripe - influenza - agriparse - antigripal - engripar - gripe aviar - gripe porcina - griposo - trancazo - vacunar

Collocations: [get, have] flu [shots, vaccines], flu [shots] for all [kindergarten, school] children, [an outbreak, a strain, an epidemic] of [bird, avian, swine] flu , more...

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