cenicienta
/θeniˈθjenta/ · B2 · noun · f
cinderella
👠🎃 cenicienta = ceniza (ash) + -ienta, the girl left among the cinders
Cenicienta comes from ceniza, meaning ash. In the fairy tale she sleeps by the hearth ashes and does the dirty chores. Figuratively, a cenicienta is anyone treated as the household drudge or left out and mistreated.