toser
/toˈseɾ/ · B2 · verb
to cough
🤧 toser sounds like TOSS-air: a cough tosses air out of your lungs
Spanish toser comes from Latin tussire, from tussis, meaning cough. Think toss + air: a cough tosses air out. The figurative sense, to compete or measure up, appears in negatives like no le toses, meaning you can't hold a candle to them.