metafísico

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• metaphysico (obsolete)

Etymology

From metafísica (“metaphysics”), from Medieval Latin metaphysica (“metaphysics”), from Byzantine Greek μεταφυσικά (metaphusika).

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA: /ˌmɛ.ta.ˈfi.zi.ko/

Noun

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

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

Adjective

metafísico m (feminine metafísica plural metafísicos feminine plural metafísicas; comparable)

1. (not comparable) metaphysical (of or pertaining to metaphysics)
2. metaphysical (immaterial, supersensual, not physical)
3. (figuratively) incomprehensible (hard to understand)

Synonyms

• (immaterial): abstrato, imaterial, transcendente
• (incomprehensible): difícil, enigmático, incompreensível, nebuloso, sutil

Antonyms

• (immaterial): físico, material, mundado
• (incomprehensible): simples

Related terms

• metafísica
• metafisicamente
• metafisicar
• metafisicismo
• metafisismo

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Spanish

Etymology

From meta- +‎ físico.

Adjective

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

1. metaphysical

Noun

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

1. metaphysician