cólera
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin cholera, from Ancient Greek χολέρα (kholéra), from χολή (kholḗ, “bile”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: có‧le‧ra
Noun[edit]
cólera f (plural cóleras)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
cólera f (plural cóleras)
Noun[edit]
cólera m (plural cóleras)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “cólera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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