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to catch a bronch

to catch a bronch

9.9
To get a sickness in your chest that makes you cough a lot
  • idiom
  • Archaic
translation icon : coger un resfriado
  • She missed a week of school because she caught a bronch during the winter.

Examples

  • If you don't wear a scarf, you might catch a bronch in this cold weather.

  • After that rainy soccer game, he caught a bronch and had to see a doctor.

  • I caught a bronch last week.

  • Don't catch a bronch while you're out in the cold!

  • After playing in the rain, he caught a bronch and needed to stay home from work.

  • Make sure to dress warmly, or you might catch a bronch during the chilly evening.

  • She ended up visiting the doctor because she caught a bronch after being outside for too long.

Synonyms

to catch a cold
vsto catch a bronch
18 1.0

To become sick with a common illness that makes your nose and throat sore

is an informal term for inflammation of the lower airways
to catch cold
vsto catch a bronch
10 1.0

To become ill with a cold after being cold or near someone sick

is informal and means lower airway inflammation rather than a minor upper illness
to catch paraflu
vsto catch a bronch
8.1

To get a mild illness that feels like the flu

is informal and means lower airway inflammation, not a flu like illness

Antonyms

to recover
748 2.5

Get back to a normal state after a loss, for example health or money

How Severe

pneumonia
  • Specialized
121 4.3
to catch a bronch
  • Archaic
9.9
chill
87 1.0

Surface Forms

catch a bronch infinitive
catching a bronch present participle
catches a bronch third person singular
caught a bronch past
caught a bronch past participle

Morphology

catch + a + bronch

The phrase follows the productive English pattern 'catch a + illness' (e.g., 'catch a cold'), and 'catch' already carries the meaning 'become affected by (an illness)'. If a learner knows the clipped form 'bronch' as referring to bronchitis/bronchial illness, the overall meaning 'develop bronchitis' is directly derivable from the constituents and is therefore immediately comprehensible.

Etymology

Catch a bronch may come from the same idea as 'catch a cold': you 'catch' an infection in the breathing tubes in your chest, and bronch is a short form of those tubes. That's why it means 'to develop bronchitis'.