Usage Note
Fiebre is feminine. The phrase tener fiebre ('to have a fever') is far more common than tener temperatura, though both exist. Colloquially fiebre can describe a craze or mania, as in la fiebre del oro ('gold fever').
Examples
"El niño tiene fiebre alta."
Natural Translation
The child has a high fever.
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