mujer fatal
Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “fatal woman”. Calque of French femme fatale.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muˌxeɾ faˈtal/ [muˌxeɾ faˈt̪al]
- Syllabification: mu‧jer fa‧tal
Noun
mujer fatal f (plural mujeres fatales)
Further reading
- “mujer fatal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024