Usage Note
Fantasmal is invariable in gender — un ruido fantasmal, una figura fantasmal. It describes something that evokes or resembles a ghost or phantom: eerie, spectral, barely visible. A near-synonym is fantasmagórico, which is more literary.
Examples
"Una luz fantasmal iluminaba el pasillo."
Natural Translation
A ghostly light lit up the corridor.

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