spectre

amenaza, espectro

Posibilidad inquietante de que ocurra algo malo.

En inglés sencillo: The worrying possibility that something bad will happen.

• The spectre of war frightened everyone.
• Job cuts raised the spectre of unemployment.
• The spectre of another drought hangs over the region.

Cómo se usa: the spectre of something (The spectre of poverty worried the family.)

Sinónimos: threat

Expresiones frecuentes: spectre of war, raise the spectre, spectre of unemployment

espectro, fantasma

Figura de una persona muerta que, según se cree, aparece ante los vivos.

En inglés sencillo: The visible form of a dead person, believed to appear to living people.

• A spectre appeared at the window.
• They claimed to have seen a spectre in the castle.
• The pale spectre vanished before dawn.

Sinónimos: ghost, apparition, phantom

Expresiones frecuentes: pale spectre, ghostly spectre, see a spectre