fantasma

See also: fantasmă

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fanˈtasma/, [fãn̪ˈt̪az.ma]

Noun

fantasma f (plural fantasmes)

1. Alternative form of pantasma

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin phantasma, from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fənˈtaz.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fanˈtaz.ma]

Noun

fantasma m (plural fantasmes)

1. ghost, phantom

French

Verb

fantasma

1. third-person singular past historic of fantasmer

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin phantasma, or Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fanˈta.zma/
• Rhymes: -azma
• Hyphenation: fan‧tà‧sma

• Audio:

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Noun

fantasma m (plural fantasmi)

1. ghost, spectre

   città fantasma ― ghost town

2. illusion

Related terms

• fantasmagoria
• fantasmagorico

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• phantasma (obsolete)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin phantasma (“apparition, specter”), from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma, “an appearance, image, apparition, specter”), from φαντάζω (phantázō, “to make visible”). Doublet of abantesma.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɐ̃ˈtaz.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɐ̃ˈtaz.mɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fɐ̃ˈtaʒ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɐ̃ˈtaz.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐ̃ˈtaʒ.mɐ/

• Rhymes: -aʒmɐ, -azmɐ
• Hyphenation: fan‧tas‧ma

Noun

fantasma m or f by sense or m (plural fantasmas)

1. ghost (spirit appearing after death)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fantasma

Usage notes

The gender of fantasma varies from person to person:

• some use it as a masculine when referring to the ghost of a man and feminine when referring to the ghost of a woman;
• some use it as a masculine always, irrespective of the ghost’s sex;
• in the past, it was also used as a feminine noun always.

Derived terms

• casa fantasma
• cidade fantasma
• dor fantasma
• membro fantasma

 

Related terms

• fantasmagoria
• fantasmagórico

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fanˈtasma]

Noun

fantasma f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of fantasmă

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin phantasma, from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma, “image, phantom”), from φαντάζω (phantázō, “to make visible”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “to cause to appear, bring to light”). Compare Sicilian fantàsimu (“dumb”). Cognate with English phantom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fanˈtasma/ [fãn̪ˈt̪az.ma]

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -asma
• Syllabification: fan‧tas‧ma

Noun

fantasma m (plural fantasmas)

1. ghost, phantom, wraith

   El fantasma de la ópera. ― The Phantom of the Opera.

2. (colloquial) show-off

   Synonyms: exhibicionista, presumido

Derived terms

• ciudad fantasma f
• cuento de fantasmas m
• fantasmal
• gol fantasma m
• historia de fantasmas f
• nota fantasma
• palabra fantasma
• pueblo fantasma m

 

Related terms

• fantasmagoría

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: pantasma

Further reading

• “fantasma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10