metafísico

See also: metafisico

Galician

Adjective

metafísico (feminine metafísica, masculine plural metafísicos, feminine plural metafísicas)

1. metaphysical

Derived terms

• metafisicamente

Noun

metafísico m (plural metafísicos, feminine metafísica, feminine plural metafísicas)

1. metaphysician

Related terms

• físico
• metafísica

 

Further reading

• “metafísico”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• metaphysico (obsolete)

Etymology

From metafísica (“metaphysics”), from Medieval Latin metaphysica (“metaphysics”), from Byzantine Greek μεταφυσικά (metaphusiká). By surface analysis, meta- +‎ físico.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.taˈfi.zi.ku/, /ˌmɛ.taˈfi.zi.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.taˈfi.zi.ku/, /ˌmɛ.taˈfi.zi.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.taˈfi.zi.ko/, /ˌmɛ.taˈfi.zi.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.tɐˈfi.zi.ku/, /ˌmɛ.tɐˈfi.zi.ku/

• Hyphenation: me‧ta‧fí‧si‧co

Noun

metafísico m (plural metafísicos, feminine metafísica, feminine plural metafísicas)

1. metaphysician (philosopher who specializes in the scholarly study of metaphysics)

Adjective

metafísico (feminine metafísica, masculine plural metafísicos, feminine plural metafísicas)

1. (not comparable) metaphysical (of or relating to metaphysics)
2. metaphysical (immaterial, supersensual, not physical)

   Synonyms: abstrato, imaterial, transcendente

   Antonyms: físico, material, mundado

3. (figurative) incomprehensible (hard to understand)

   Synonyms: difícil, enigmático, incompreensível, nebuloso, sutil

   Antonym: simples

Related terms

• metafísica
• metafisicamente
• metafisicar
• metafisicismo
• metafisismo

 

Spanish

Etymology

From meta- +‎ físico.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /metaˈfisiko/ [me.t̪aˈfi.si.ko]
• Rhymes: -isiko
• Syllabification: me‧ta‧fí‧si‧co

Adjective

metafísico (feminine metafísica, masculine plural metafísicos, feminine plural metafísicas)

1. metaphysical

Derived terms

• metafísicamente

 

Noun

metafísico m (plural metafísicos, feminine metafísica, feminine plural metafísicas)

1. metaphysician

Related terms

• físico
• metafísica

 

Further reading

• “metafísico”, 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