Aromanian

Noun

tuse

1. Alternative form of tusi

French

Verb

tuse

1. (Quebec, slang, nonstandard) first-person singular present subjunctive of tuer
   • 1973, Michel Trembley, C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux, p. 92:

     "J'ai failli retontir à l'asile oubedonc en prison pour rien! Ousqu'y l'est, c'te p'tit sacrament-là, que j'le tuse!" — I almost got myself in the asylum or in prison! Where's that little ****? I'll kill him!

2. (Quebec, slang, nonstandard) third-person singular present subjunctive of tuer
   • 1979 (1998 edition), Roch Carrier, Les enfants du bonhomme dans la lune, p. 56:

     "C'est triste de penser qu'on est icitte tranquilles, pas d'chicane, quand de l'autre bord, en Urope, le monde se tuse." — It's sad to think everythin's calm here, no fightin', while over there, in Urope, they're killing each others.

Anagrams

• tues, tués

Galician

Verb

tuse

1. second-person singular imperative of tusir

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin tussis, tussem.

Noun

tuse f ‎(uncountable)

1. cough

Declension

Related terms

• tuși

Spanish

Verb

tuse

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of tusar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of tusar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of tusar.