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fantasma

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
fantasma nm	(espectro del más allá)	ghost n
	(formal)	phantom n
	(UK: also threat)	spectre n
	(US)	specter n
	Decían que la casa estaba encantada y que había fantasmas.
	They used to say the house was haunted and that there were ghosts.
fantasma nm	(recuerdo que atormenta)	ghost n
	(UK, more formal)	spectre n
	(US, more formal)	specter n
	Haga lo que haga, siempre le perseguirán los fantasmas de su pasado.
	Whatever he does, he'll always be haunted by the ghosts of his past.
fantasma nm	(peligro, amenaza)	ghost n
	A nuestra sociedad siempre la ha agobiado el fantasma de la guerra.
	Our society has always been plagued by the ghost of war.
fantasma adj mf	(del más allá)	haunted adj
		ghost n as adj
	Vi una película de un barco fantasma.
	I saw a movie about a haunted boat.
fantasma adj mf	(cosa inexistente)	bogus, dummy, shell adj
	Se descubrió que el empresario tenía fundaciones fantasmas que le daban beneficios tributarios.
	The businessman was found to have bogus foundations that gave him tax benefits.

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Additional Translations
Spanish		English
fantasma nm	ES (fanfarrón, fatuo)	show-off n
	Es un fantasma: siempre está presumiendo de lo que tiene y de lo que sabe.
	He's a show-off; he's always bragging about what he's got and what he knows.

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Compound Forms:
Spanish		English
el fantasma de la ópera loc nom m	(novela de Leroux)	The Phantom of the Opera n
	El fantasma de la ópera es una de mis novelas favoritas.
	The Phantom of the Opera is one of my favorite novels.

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