fantástico

See also: fantastico and fantasticò

Asturian

Adjective

fantástico

1. neuter of fantásticu

Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. Learned borrowing from Latin phantasticus, from Ancient Greek φανταστικός (phantastikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fanˈtastiko/ [fan̪ˈt̪as̺.t̪i.kʊ]
• Rhymes: -astiko
• Hyphenation: fan‧tás‧ti‧co

Adjective

fantástico (feminine fantástica, masculine plural fantásticos, feminine plural fantásticas)

1. fantastic

   Synonyms: imaxinario, ficticio

   • 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria, Oviedo: Archivum, page 270:

     dizẽ que dou Deus a esta aruore natura de fazer sonar visões fantásticas ao que sobre ella dorme et véér antollanças mentirosas

     they say that God gave this tree the nature of making dream fantastic visions to the one who sleeps by it and to see false mirages

2. terrific

   Synonyms: fabuloso, marabilloso, xenial

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fantastico”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fantástic”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fantástico”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fantástico”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin phantasticus, from Ancient Greek φανταστικός (phantastikós).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɐ̃ˈtas.t͡ʃi.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɐ̃ˈtas.t͡ʃi.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fɐ̃ˈtaʃ.t͡ʃi.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɐ̃ˈtas.t͡ʃi.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐ̃ˈtaʃ.ti.ku/

Adjective

fantástico (feminine fantástica, masculine plural fantásticos, feminine plural fantásticas)

1. fantastic

Related terms

• fantasia f

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin phantasticus, from Ancient Greek φανταστικός (phantastikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fanˈtastiko/ [fãn̪ˈt̪as.t̪i.ko]
• Rhymes: -astiko
• Syllabification: fan‧tás‧ti‧co

Adjective

fantástico (feminine fantástica, masculine plural fantásticos, feminine plural fantásticas)

1. fantastic (existing in fantasy)
2. fantastic (excellent)

Related terms

• fantasía f

 

Further reading

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