quera

Inherited from Vulgar Latin caria, from Latin cariēs (“decay”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈke.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈke.ɾa]

quera f (plural queres)

1. woodworm

   Synonym: corc

2. the dust produced by woodworms

   Synonym: corcadura

3. debris from plastering, plaster dust
4. (figurative) rottenness, inner turmoil

• querar-se

• “quera” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• “quera” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• qüera (obsolete)

quera m or f (plural queras)

1. (South Brazil) brave; courageous

   Synonyms: bravo, corajoso, valente

quera m or f by sense (plural queras)

1. (South Brazil) a brave person

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *caria, from Latin cariēs (“decay”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeɾa/ [ˈke.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: que‧ra

quera f (plural queras)

1. woodworm

   Synonym: carcoma

• “quera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28