flu

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Enfermedad causada por un virus que suele provocar fiebre, dolores corporales y tos.

En inglés sencillo: An illness caused by a virus that often gives you a fever, body pain, and a cough.

• I have the flu.
• She stayed in bed after catching flu.
• Have you had your flu vaccine this year?

Sinónimos: influenza

Expresiones frecuentes: have the flu, catch the flu, flu vaccine, flu season

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Enfermedad común con mocos y estornudos, a veces llamada «flu» de manera poco precisa.

En inglés sencillo: A common illness with a runny nose and sneezing, sometimes loosely given this name.

• I've got a touch of flu, just a runny nose.
• She calls every little cold flu.
• He said he had flu, though he only had the sniffles.

Sinónimos: cold, common cold

Expresiones frecuentes: a touch of flu, mild flu, catch flu