fantasma

• IPA^(key): /fanˈtasma/ [fãn̪ˈt̪az.ma]
• Rhymes: -asma
• Syllabification: fan‧tas‧ma

fantasma f (plural fantasmes)

1. alternative form of pantasma

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

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

fantasma m (plural fantasmes)

1. ghost, phantom

fantasma

1. third-person singular past historic of fantasmer

Borrowed from Latin phantasma, or Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma).^[1]

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

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fantasma m (plural fantasmi)

1. ghost, spectre

   città fantasma ― ghost town

2. illusion

• fantasmagoria
• fantasmagorico

• phantasma (obsolete)

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.

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

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

1. ghost (spirit appearing after death)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fantasma

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.

• fantasmagoria
• fantasmagórico

• IPA^(key): [fanˈtasma]

fantasma f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of fantasmă

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.

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

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

fantasma m (plural fantasmas)

1. ghost, phantom, wraith

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fantasma

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

2. (colloquial) show-off

   Synonyms: exhibicionista, presumido

• → Cebuano: pantasma

• “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], 10 December 2024