Formas compostas:
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| bring [sth/sb] to fever pitch v expr | informal (make frenzied) | levar à euforia expres v |
| | The crowd were brought to fever pitch when the band walked onto the stage. |
| cabin fever n | figurative (boredom caused by confinement) | síndrome do isolamento loc sm |
| | When Alex had been isolating with covid for nine days, he began to get cabin fever. |
dengue,
dengue fever n | (tropical disease) (febre alta contraída por picada de mosquito) | dengue sf |
| | The man contracted dengue from a mosquito bite. |
| fever blister n | (oral herpes: cold sore) | herpes labial loc sf |
| | Fever blisters are caused by a herpes virus so they are highly contagious. |
| fever dream n | (delirium) | delírio febril loc sm |
| fever pitch n | (much excitement) | intensidade máxima sf + adj |
| glandular fever n | UK (infection: mononucleosis) (infecção: mononucleose) | mononucleose infecciosa loc sf |
| | (pop) | doença do beijo loc sf |
| | | febre glandular loc sf |
| gold fever n | (frenzy over gold mining) (corrida do ouro) | febre do ouro loc sf |
| | Thousands of men with gold fever streamed into the Yukon. |
| hay fever n | (allergy to pollen) | rinite alérgica sf + adj |
| | He takes medication for his hay fever every summer. I dread springtime, because I always suffer from hay fever. |
| | Ele toma medicação para rinite alérgica todos os verões. Eu tenho pavor da primavera porque eu sempre sofro de rinite alérgica. |
| jungle fever n | (malaria: tropical disease) | malária sf |
| | Many of the troops who fought in the Far East in WW2 suffered from jungle fever. |
leptospirosis,
swamp fever n | (medicine: disease) | leptospirose adj |
malaria,
also US: swamp fever n | (infectious disease) | malária sf |
| | Many thousands of children die from malaria each year. |
puerperal fever,
childbed fever n | (post-childbirth infection) (infecção pós-nascimento) | febre puerperal loc sf |
| | Puerperal fever after childbirth caused more deaths in Victorian England than did tuberculosis. |
relapsing fever,
recurrent fever n | (infection caused by parasites) (infecção causada por parasitas) | febre recorrente sf |
| rheumatic fever n | (infection causing joint pain) | febre reumática loc sf |
| run a fever v expr | (have a high temperature) | ter febre loc v |
| | | estar com febre loc v |
| | The baby was running a fever of 39C so her mother took her to the hospital. |
| scarlet fever n | (contagious disease with rash) (doença) | escarlatina sf |
| | Scarlet fever can give you a white tongue. |
| spotted fever n | (disease with high temperature and rash) (doença com alta temperatura) | febre alta sf |
| | | febre eruptiva sf |
| spring fever n | informal, figurative (excitement at spring) | entusiasmo com a primavera expres |
| | Spring fever's upon me again: I went and bought 200 seedlings this morning. |
| trench fever n | (infection with high temperature) (infecção com febre alta) | febre de trincheira loc sf |
| typhoid n | (typhoid fever) (doença) | tifo sm |
| | | febre tifoide loc sf |
| | Zeke passed away soon after he contracted typhoid. |
| typhoid fever n | (infectious disease) | febre tifoide loc sf |
| | Typhoid fever is transmitted by ingesting contaminated food or water. |
| typhus n | (typhus fever) | tifo sm |
| | | febre tifoide loc sf |
| typhus fever n | (infectious disease) (infecção por tifo) | tifo epidêmico sm + adj |
| | | febre tifoide sf + adj |
| | Typhus fever was often common in prisons due to crowded conditions and poor hygiene. |
| war fever n | literary, pejorative (enthusiasm for war) | febre de guerra sf |
yellow fever,
yellow jack n | (infectious febrile disease) | febre amarela loc sf |
| | I caught yellow fever on a trip to Africa. |