febrífugo
Spanish, adjective
febrífugo is spelled F-E-B-R-Í-F-U-G-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written Spanish, the 208,740th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Febrífugo is a Spanish adjective meaning “antipyretic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, febrifugo is a different word: “febrifuge”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que sirve para combatir la fiebre”.
What does febrífugo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
antipyretic
adjective
- 1
febrifuge
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que sirve para combatir la fiebre.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of febrífugo
- febrífuga feminine
- febrífugos masculine plural
- febrífugas feminine plural
- febrifuga feminine
- febrifugos masculine plural
- febrifugas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is febrífugo in Spanish?
febrífugo appears about once in every 34 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).