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female2

/ˈfiː.meɪl/

Translation

n [c]
hembra
Often male birds are more colourful than the females
A menudo, los pájaros machos tienen más colores que las hembras
mujer
The witness described the thief as a young white female
El testigo describió al ladrón como una mujer joven y blanca
(Definition of female n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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