Feminine
arpía
- (feminine) harpy
- (derogatory, feminine, rare, vulgar) bitch, vixen, shrew, harpy, termagant, harridan
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ar‧pí‧a
Pronounced as (IPA)
/aɾˈpia/
Etymology
In summary
Borrowed from Latin harpyia, from Ancient Greek ἅρπυιᾰ (hárpuiă, literally “snatcher”), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to snatch, to seize”).
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