fuego fatuo
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Calque of Latin ignis fatuus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fuego fatuo m (plural fuegos fatuos)
- (folklore) will o' the wisp
- Synonym: luz de muerto
Further reading
[edit]- “fuego fatuo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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