What does rabia in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word rabia in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use rabia in Spanish.

The word rabia in Spanish means anger, fury, rage, rabies, grudge, be furious, long to, suffer terribly, real, mighty, anger, infuriate, enrage, power of rage, Damn it!. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word rabia

anger, fury, rage

nombre femenino (ira, enfado)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Me dio mucha rabia cuando humillaron a mi padre en su trabajo.
ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Some doctors maintain that expressing anger moderately can be good for your health.

rabies

nombre femenino (enfermedad vírica)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La vacunaron contra la rabia porque le mordió una ardilla.
They vaccinated her against rabies because a squirrel bit her.

grudge

nombre femenino (coloquial (odio, resentimiento)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le tienes rabia a tu amigo porque sale con tu ex esposa.
You're holding a grudge against your friend because he's going out with your ex-wife.

be furious

verbo intransitivo (enfadarse mucho)

Deja de rabiar, lo que hizo no es tan grave.
Don't be furious; what he did isn't that bad.

long to

verbo intransitivo (desear mucho algo) (do [sth])

Juan rabiaba por comprarse una moto.
John longed to buy himself a motorcycle.

suffer terribly

verbo intransitivo (doler mucho)

Juan rabia de dolor pero no quiere ir al dentista.
John is suffering terribly, but he doesn't want to go to the dentist.

real, mighty

locución adverbial (coloquial (mucho, en exceso)

(adverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down.")
Tu hermano es feo con rabia; me resulta desagradable verlo comer.
Your brother is real (or: mighty) ugly; seeing him eat turns my stomach.

anger, infuriate, enrage

(causar enfado)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Da rabia ver cómo mienten los políticos.
Seeing how politicians lie angers me.

power of rage

(poder de la ira)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Damn it!

locución interjectiva (expresa ira)

(interjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!")
¿Subió el precio de la carne? ¡Qué rabia!
Has the price of meat gone up? Damn it!

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