What does fiebre in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word fiebre in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use fiebre in Spanish.

The word fiebre in Spanish means fever, rush, fever, frenzy, mania, mad, crazy, get the fever down, foot and mouth disease, yellow fever, Malta fever, hay-fever, gold rush, scarlet fever, milk fever, Mediterranean fever, typhoid fever, typhoid fever, be [+noun] mad, be a [+noun] fanatic. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word fiebre

fever

nombre femenino (calentura, hipertermia)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El resfriado común se manifiesta con dolor de cabeza y fiebre.
Headache and fever are symptoms of the common cold.

rush

nombre femenino (figurado (excitación, entusiasmo) (race)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Mi bisabuelo experimentó la fiebre del oro y dedicó su vida a buscar ese metal.
My great grandfather lived through the Gold Rush and devoted his whole life to looking for the metal.

fever, frenzy, mania

nombre femenino (figurado (manía, moda, afición)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La fiebre del juego llegó a mi ciudad: todos los días se organiza una partida de póker.
Game fever (or: mania) has hit my city; there's a poker tournament going on every day.

mad, crazy

adjetivo invariable (CO: coloquial (aficionado a algo) (figurative)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
José es fiebre al grado que se enferma cuando pierde su equipo favorito.
José is so crazy that he gets angry when his team loses.

get the fever down

locución verbal (tratar, aliviar)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
No puedo bajarle la fiebre al niño.
I can't get the boy's fever down.

foot and mouth disease

locución nominal femenina (enfermedad viral)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

yellow fever

nombre femenino (enfermedad hemorrágica)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Debes vacunarte contra la fiebre amarilla antes de ir al Amazonas.
You should get vaccinated for yellow fever before travelling to the Amazon.

Malta fever

nombre femenino (enfermedad contagiosa)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El ganado transmite la fiebre de malta.
Cattle transmit Malta fever.

hay-fever

nombre femenino (rinitis alérgica)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Necesito algún remedio para tratar la fiebre del heno.

gold rush

locución nominal femenina (década de 1850)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

scarlet fever

nombre femenino (enfermedad contagiosa)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La fiebre escarlata se cura con antibióticos.

milk fever

(fiebre posparto)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Sandra tuvo fiebre láctea tres días después de dar a luz.

Mediterranean fever

nombre femenino (enfermedad genética)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Una compañera del trabajo padece fiebre mediterránea.

typhoid fever

nombre femenino (rifus)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Si tienes fiebre tifoidea no puedo ir a visitarte.
If you have typhoid fever I can't come and visit you.

typhoid fever

(infección intestinal)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Las moscas pueden transmitir la fiebre tifoidea en ambientes poco higiénicos.

be [+noun] mad, be a [+noun] fanatic

(CR: coloquial (ser aficionado de)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Mi esposo es un fiebre del fútbol.
My husband is football mad.

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