arpía

• harpía

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

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

arpía f (plural arpías)

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

• “arpía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16