heroína
/eɾoˈina/ · B1 · noun · f
heroine
🦸♀️ héroe + -ína = hero + feminine ending, just like English hero + -ine
From Greek hērōínē, the feminine of hērōs. Spanish keeps the same build as English: héroe → heroína, hero → heroine. The h is silent and the stress falls on the í: e-ro-Í-na. The same spelling also names the drug heroin.