viruela
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Late Latin variola, based on Latin varius (“speckled, variegated”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
viruela f (plural viruelas)
- (pathology, uncountable) smallpox
- (pathology) any of the fluid-filled blisters caused by smallpox
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “viruela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014