cantárida

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin Cantharida, from Latin canthăris.

Noun

cantárida f (plural cantáridas)

  1. Spanish fly
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 242:
      Una pequeña dosis del polvo de siete cantáridas, basta para rendir la voluntad de la persona a quien se dé a tomar.
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