cólera
Portuguese
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin cholera, from Ancient Greek χολέρα (kholéra), from χολή (kholḗ, “bile”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: có‧le‧ra
Noun
editcólera f (plural cóleras)
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editcólera f (plural cóleras)
Noun
editcólera m (plural cóleras)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “cólera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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