pataleta — meaning in English

English meaning

• spell noun Words believed to have magical power, or the magical effect they produce.
• tantrum noun A sudden outburst of bad temper, especially a childish one.

Senses

pataleta is used for these senses in English:

• spell (colloquial, US) A period of illness, or sudden interval of bad spirits, disease etc. [from 19th c.]
• tantrum An often childish display or fit of bad temper.

spell — full definition

1. noun Words believed to have magical power, or the magical effect they produce.
2. verb To write or say the letters that make up a word, in the correct order.
3. verb To indicate or signal that something is likely to happen.
4. noun A short period of time doing a particular activity, or a stretch of a certain kind of weather.

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