noun, feminine/ˈfjebɾe/plural: fiebres
fever
Synonyms: calentura
Related: afiebrar, fiebre aftosa, fiebre amarilla, fiebre de Malta, fiebre del heno, fiebre del oro, fiebre hemorrágica, fiebre reumática, fiebre tifoidea
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.