tosferina
See also: tos ferina
Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From tos (“cough”) + ferina, feminine of ferino (“wild”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tosferina f (plural tosferinas)
- whooping cough
- Synonyms: pertusis, tos convulsa, coqueluche
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “tosferina”, 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
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- Spanish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰwer-
- Spanish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)tew-
- Spanish terms derived from New Latin
- Spanish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)tewd-
- Spanish terms borrowed from New Latin
- Spanish learned borrowings from New Latin
- Spanish compound terms
- Spanish 4-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ina
- Rhymes:Spanish/ina/4 syllables
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