cólera

Learned borrowing from Latin cholera, from Ancient Greek χολέρα (kholéra), from χολή (kholḗ, “bile”).

• Hyphenation: có‧le‧ra

cólera f (plural cóleras)

1. anger; fury; wrath

   Synonyms: ira, raiva, fúria, furor

2. (pathology) cholera (infectious disease)

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoleɾa/ [ˈko.le.ɾa]

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• Rhymes: -oleɾa
• Syllabification: có‧le‧ra

cólera f (plural cóleras)

1. anger

   Synonyms: enojo, enfado, ira

2. rage

   Synonyms: rabia, furia

cólera m (plural cóleras)

1. cholera

• “cólera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014