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Pronunciation

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Verb

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fiebre

  1. inflection of fiebern:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish fiebre, hiebre, probably a semi-learned descendant of Latin febrem, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰris, an extension of the root *dʰegʷʰ- (to burn, warm). This term was used primarily by doctors and educated people in the past, and did not undergo all the expected sound changes of an inherited term; compare the more popular term calentura.[1]

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Noun

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fiebre f (plural fiebres)

  1. fever
    Synonym: calentura

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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “fiebre”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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