rabia

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rabies

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rabia
feminine noun
1rage (ira)
  • me da rabia -> it makes me mad
  • me da rabia no haber podido ayudarles -> it's so annoying o frustrating not having been able to help them
  • ¡qué rabia! -> how annoying!
  • “¡déjame!”, dijo con rabia -> “leave me alone,” she said angrily
  • ¿dónde dejo esto? — donde más rabia te dé -> where shall I put this? — wherever you like
  • compra el que más rabia te dé -> buy whichever one you like o fancy
2(antipatía)
  • tenerle rabia a alguien -> not to be able to stand somebody
3rabies (enfermedad) (singular)

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rabia [rah’-be-ah]
noun
1Hydrophobia, rabies. (f)
2Rage, fury. (f)
  • Me da rabia -> it maddens me
  • Tomar rabia a -> to take a dislike to
3Con rabia, extremely, terribly. (Ante Meridian & Latin American) (m)

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rabia
sustantivo:femenino
1 (Med) rabies
2 (ira) fury; anger
me da rabia it makes me mad infuriates me;o ¡qué rabia! (ira) isn't it infuriating!; (pena) what a pity!
con rabia
llueve con rabia it's raining with a vengeance; es fea con rabia she's as ugly as sin; (familiar)
3 (antipatía)
tener rabia a algn to have a grudge against sb; have it in for sb; (familiar) el maestro le tiene rabia the teacher has it in for him; (familiar) the teacher doesn't like him; tomar rabia a algn/algo to take a dislike to sb/sth

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