spectre

UK: /ˈspek.tər/ US: /-tə`/ UK (US specter)

Translation

› (lit)

⇨ espectro

⇨ fantasma

the spectre of sth

⇨ el fantasma de algo

The spectre of famine looms over the country

El fantasma del hambre acecha al país

(Definition of spectre n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

to refuse to accept something or someone because you feel that they are not worth having

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