calentura

Inherited from Spanish calentura (“fever”).

• IPA^(key): /kalenˈtuɾa/, [ka.lẽn̪ˈt̪u.ɾa]
• Hyphenation: ca‧len‧tu‧ra

calentura

1. fever

Borrowed from Spanish calentura.

• IPA^(key): /kalentuɾa/

calentura

1. fever

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

From calentar +‎ -ura.

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

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

calentura f (plural calenturas)

1. (medicine) fever, calenture

   Synonym: fiebre

2. horniness

   Synonym: calentón

3. (pathology) cold sore

   Synonym: herpes

4. (Canary Islands) anger

   Synonyms: enfado, enojo

• → Central Bikol: kalentura
• → Portuguese: calentura

• “calentura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “calentura”, in Diccionario Básico de Canarismos [Basic Dictionary of Canarianisms] (in Spanish), Canarian Academy of the Language [Spanish: Academia Canaria de La Lengua], 2010