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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin cholera, from Ancient Greek χολέρα (kholéra), from χολή (kholḗ, “bile”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cólera f (plural cóleras)
- anger; fury; wrath
- Synonyms: ira, raiva, fúria, furor
- (pathology) cholera (infectious disease)
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin cholera (“bilious disease”), from Ancient Greek χολέρα (kholéra), from χολή (kholḗ, “bile”).
The meaning of "anger" comes from the ancient medical concept of humourism in which a person with too much yellow bile is choleric (“easily becomes angry”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkoleɾa/
- Rhymes: -oleɾa
- Syllabification: có‧le‧ra
Noun
cólera f (plural cóleras)
- anger
- Synonyms: enojo, enfado, ira
- rage
- Synonyms: rabia, furia
Noun
cólera m (plural cóleras)
- cholera
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