female
A. -adjective
1. [animal, plant] hembra
·the female hippopotamus
·el hipopótamo hembra
2. [population] femenino [vote] de las mujeres [slave, subject] del sexo femenino
·a female friend
·una amiga
·female labour
trabajo (m) femenino or de mujeres
·the female sex
·el sexo femenino
·a female student
·una estudiante
·female suffrage
derecho (m) de las mujeres a votar
·a female voice
·una voz de mujer
B. -noun
1. (=animal) hembra (f)
2. pejorative
(=woman) chica (f)
C. -compound
·female condom -noun conditionalónoun (m) femenino
·female impersonator -noun (theatre) actor que representa a una mujer