sirena
/siˈɾena/ · B1 · noun · f
siren
🧜♀️🚨 Sounds like English siren: same word, from Greek Seirēn, the singing sea nymph
Greek Seirēn named the sea nymphs whose song lured sailors in. Spanish sirena keeps both senses: the mermaid of myth and the wailing alarm on an ambulance. Stress falls on -RE-: si-RE-na.