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rabia

Spanish, noun

rabia is spelled R-A-B-I-A (5 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,314th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rabia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “rage, anger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of rabiar. With an accent, rabiá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of rabiar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Enfermedad infecciosa del sistema nervioso, producida por un virus que provoca una encefalitis aguda que…”.

What does rabia mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininerage, anger

    Me da rabia que tomes.

  2. 2

    femininerabies

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as rabiá
  1. 1

    second-person singular voseo imperative of rabiar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Enfermedad infecciosa del sistema nervioso, producida por un virus que provoca una encefalitis aguda que resulta fatal, salvo que se trate antes de la aparición de los síntomas en el período inmediatamente posterior a la infección. Afecta a varias especies de animales, en especial carnívoros y roedores, y al ser humano, y en muchos países es una causa importante de muertes. 2. Sensación persistente y aguda de ira o fuerte enfado. 3. Roya que afecta a veces al garbanzo cuando se expone al sol estando mojado (por la lluvia, al rociarlo, etc.).

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 rabia

  • rabias plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to rabia

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is rabia in Spanish?

rabia appears 18 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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