calentura

Chibcha

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish calentura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalentuɾa/

Noun

calentura

1. fever

References

• Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

Spanish

Etymology

From calentar +‎ -ura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalenˈtuɾa/ [ka.lẽn̪ˈt̪u.ɾa]

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• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: ca‧len‧tu‧ra

Noun

calentura f (plural calenturas)

1. fever, calenture

   Synonym: fiebre

2. horniness

   Synonym: calentón

3. cold sore

   Synonym: herpes

Derived terms

• calentura de pollo

 

Related terms

• caliente
• calor
• hipertermia

 

Descendants

• → Bikol Central: kalentura
• → Portuguese: calentura

Further reading

• “calentura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28