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fiebre, noun
temperature; fever

You're most likely to come across fiebre referring to someone's temperature, for which it's the usual word.

No tenía fiebre.
He didn't have a temperature.
La enfermedad lo mantiene en cama con 40 grados de fiebre.
The illness is keeping him in bed with a temperature of 40 degrees.
Le bajó la fiebre.
Her temperature has come down.

It also has the same meaning - fever - as the English word it resembles.

la fiebre amarilla
yellow fever

In this meaning it can also be used metaphorically:

la fiebre del oro
gold fever
la fiebre electoral
election fever


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