Portuguese

Proper noun

Quimera f

1. (Greek mythology) Chimera (monster with the head of a lion, the body of a goat and a dragon for a tail)

Asturian

Alternative forms

• quimeira (Paḷḷuezu)

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

Related terms

• quimèric

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• 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".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiˈmeɾa/

Noun

quimera f ‎(plural quimeras)

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

Derived terms

• quimérico