quimera

See also: Quimera

Asturian

FWOTD – 13 October 2013

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ki.ˈme.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

Noun

quimera f (plural quimeres)

  1. chimera
  • quimèric

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ki.ˈmɛ.ɾa/
  • Hyphenation: qui‧me‧ra
  • Rhymes: -ɛra

Noun

quimera f (plural quimeras)

  1. chimera
  2. illusion

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiˈmeɾa/

Noun

quimera f (plural quimeras)

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

Derived terms

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