cólera

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See also: colera and colerà

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cholera, from Ancient Greek χολέρα (kholéra), from χολή (kholḗ, bile).

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: có‧le‧ra

Noun

cólera f (plural cóleras)

  1. anger; fury; wrath
    Synonyms: ira, raiva, fúria, furor
  2. (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/
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  • Rhymes: -oleɾa
  • Syllabification: có‧le‧ra

Noun

cólera f (plural cóleras)

  1. anger
    Synonyms: enojo, enfado, ira
  2. rage
    Synonyms: rabia, furia
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 333:
      Andando, andando, llegaron a una miserable choza, habitada por una pobre mujer, a la que San Pedro pidió un harnero para cribar el trigo, que estaba mezclado con muchos abrojos. Mientras hacía esta operación, una clueca famélica le comió la mayor parte de los granos; lo que, visto por el Santo, le hizo montar en cólera, y con el mismo harnero dió muerte a la clueca y a su inocente cría.
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Noun

cólera m (plural cóleras)

  1. cholera

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