OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 7385

ghost

/ɡəʊst/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
aparecido • aparición • el alma • espectro • espíritu • fantasma • pora • sombra
A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
Everyone believed that the ghost of an old lady haunted the crypt.
He believes in ghosts.
sombra
Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.
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not a ghost of a chance
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 7386

ghost

/ɡəʊst/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cortar toda comunicación con • descontactar • ghostear • ignorar completa y repentinamente
To stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; hence, to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation.
By 6 p.m., I had a list of restaurants to try from Hamish, a chef who couldn't meet, a follow-up from Adam ("I've never seen a room at the Ace...."), and an offer from Agoraphobic…
I've recently been trying out Tinder, and while I match with people and even chat with them everything seems to be going well, but whenever I bring up meeting IRL, they are quick t…
Phrases