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autora

author (female)

noun ow-TOH-rah Rare
Arts & Culture Literature

Also means

creator; perpetrator (f)

Usage Note

Autora is the feminine form of autor ('author, creator'). Both are used in legal contexts too: la autora del delito ('the perpetrator of the crime'). In publishing and academia, explicitly using autora for women is now standard practice in Spanish-speaking countries. The related verb is autorizar ('to authorize') and noun autoría ('authorship').

Examples

"La autora firmó ejemplares de su nueva novela."

Natural Translation

The author signed copies of her new novel.

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