fantasma1

¹ = ghost, spectre [specter, -USA], wraith, spook, phantasm, phantom.

Ex. Some authors, of course, object to their work being subjected to compulsory dissection for exams in the traditional deadly manner and like Bernard Shaw, they swear to haunt anyone who so mistreats them (Shaw's ghost must be busy these days).

Ex. The automated catalogue became a spectre of looming change because the same electronic advances that made the online catalogue a reality promised even greater transformations = El catálogo automatizado se convirtió en un espectro del inminente cambio ya que los mismos avances electrónicos que hicieron realidad el catálogo en línea prometían transformaciones aún mayores.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Wraiths, revenants and ritual in medieval culture'.

Ex. The article 'Ghosts, spooks and spectres' looks briefly at some of the ways in which public librarians have been portrayed in popular fiction.

Ex. Fourniret is a dangerous man obnubilated by the phantasm of virginity.

Ex. The phantoms of the book's name are those sensed by amputees who have vividfeeling, even pain, in limbs they know are gone.

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* cazar fantasmas = chase + phantoms, grasp at + shadows.

* perseguir fantasmas = chase + phantoms, grasp at + shadows.

* pueblo fantasma = ghost town.

* ver un fantasma = see + a ghost.