mágico

See also: magico and magico-

Portuguese

mágico

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin magicus, from Ancient Greek μαγικός (magikós), from μάγος (mágos, “wise man, mage”). Compare meigo, which is likely a doublet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ʒi.ku/

• Hyphenation: má‧gi‧co

Noun

mágico m (plural mágicos, feminine mágica, feminine plural mágicas)

1. a magician

Adjective

mágico (feminine mágica, masculine plural mágicos, feminine plural mágicas)

1. something or someone magical

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin magicus, from Ancient Greek μαγικός (magikós), from μάγος (mágos, “wise man, mage”). See also the archaic mego, which may be a doublet. Doublet of meigo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaxiko/ [ˈma.xi.ko]
• Rhymes: -axiko
• Syllabification: má‧gi‧co

Adjective

mágico (feminine mágica, masculine plural mágicos, feminine plural mágicas)

1. magic, magical
2. wonderful

Derived terms

• cuadrado mágico
• linterna mágica
• palabra mágica
• pensamiento mágico
• realismo mágico
• vara mágica
• varita mágica

 

Related terms

• magia
• mago

 

Further reading

• “mágico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014