serea

Meaning

siren, mermaid (mythological woman with a fish's tail)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/seˈɾe.a̝/

Etymology

Cognate with Portuguese: sereia

Cognate with Spanish: sirena

In summary

Attested circa 1300 (serea). From Old Galician-Portuguese *serẽa, from Late Latin sirēna, from Sīrēn (“siren”), from Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn). Cognate with Portuguese sereia and Spanish sirena.

Sentences

Quería ve-la serea .

I wanted to see the mermaid.