arpía

See also: arpia

Spanish

Alternative forms

• harpía

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin harpyia, from Ancient Greek ἅρπυια (hárpuia, literally “snatcher”), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to snatch, to seize”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈpia/ [aɾˈpi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: ar‧pí‧a

Noun

arpía f (plural arpías)

1. harpy
2. (vulgar, derogatory) bitch, vixen, shrew, harpy, termagant, harridan

Further reading

• “arpía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10