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fiebre

fever

noun FYEH-breh Less Common

Origin: From Latin febris.

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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