cólera

See also: colera and colerà

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.le.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.le.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.le.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.lɨ.ɾɐ/

• 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/ [ˈko.le.ɾa]

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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

Noun

cólera m (plural cóleras)

1. cholera

Derived terms

• cólera de las gallinas
• contar la cólera
• encolerizar
• montar en cólera

 

Related terms

• colérico

 

Further reading

• “cólera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014