quimera

See also: Quimera

Asturian

FWOTD – 13 October 2013

Alternative forms

• quimeira (Patsuezu)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiˈmeɾa/ [kiˈme.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: qui‧me‧ra

Noun

quimera f (plural quimeres)

1. fight; brawl
   • 1991, Equipu Bueida, El Pueblo Quirosán: una Unidá Social in Cultures, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, page 82:

     «Ca fiesta qu'habia, había quimera. […]

     “In each party that occurred, there was a fight. […]

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin chimaera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [kiˈme̞.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [kiˈme.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [kiˈme.ɾa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

quimera f (plural quimeres)

1. chimera
2. hallucination
3. animus, dislike

   Synonyms: tírria, mania

4. (colloquial) anxiety, distress

   Synonyms: ànsia, inquietud

5. rabbitfish (Chimaera monstrosa)

   Synonyms: caro, ullverd

Derived terms

• quimerós
• quimerut

Related terms

• quimèric

Further reading

• “quimera”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kiˈmɛ.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kiˈmɛ.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ
• Hyphenation: qui‧me‧ra

Noun

quimera f (plural quimeras)

1. chimera
2. chimera, pipe dream
3. (Azores, colloquial, ichthyology) rabbitfish (Chimaera monstrosa)

Further reading

• “quimera”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “quimera”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin chimaera, from Ancient Greek χίμαιρα (khímaira, “she-goat, chimera”). Cognate with English chimera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiˈmeɾa/ [kiˈme.ɾa]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: qui‧me‧ra

Noun

quimera f (plural quimeras)

1. chimera
2. chimera, pipe dream (something illusory or impossible to achieve)

Derived terms

• quimérico

Further reading

• “quimera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025