quimera

See also: Quimera

Asturian

FWOTD – 13 October 2013

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiˈmeɾa/, [kiˈme.ɾa]

Noun

quimera f (plural quimeres)

  1. fight; brawl
    • 1991, Equipu Bueida, El Pueblo Quirosán: una Unidá Social in Cultures, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, page 82:
      «Ca fiesta qu'habia, había quimera. []
      In each party that occurred, there was a fight. []

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

quimera f (plural quimeres)

  1. chimera
  • quimèric

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiˈmɛ.ɾɐ/

  • Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ
  • Hyphenation: qui‧me‧ra

Noun

quimera f (plural quimeras)

  1. chimera
  2. illusion

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin chimaera, from Ancient Greek χίμαιρα (khímaira, she-goat, chimera). Cognate with English chimera.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiˈmeɾa/ [kiˈme.ɾa]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾa
  • Syllabification: qui‧me‧ra

Noun

quimera f (plural quimeras)

  1. chimera
  2. chimera, pipe dream (something illusory or impossible to achieve)

Derived terms

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