fantastico

See also: fantástico and fantasticò

English

Etymology

From Italian fantastico (“fantastic”), from Late Latin phantasticus (“imaginary”). Doublet of fantastic and fantastique.

Adjective

fantastico (comparative more fantastico, superlative most fantastico)

  1. (informal, humorous) fantastic

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fanˈtas.ti.ko/
  • Rhymes: -astiko
  • Hyphenation: fan‧tà‧sti‧co

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin phantasticus (“imaginary”), from Ancient Greek φανταστικός (phantastikós).

Adjective

fantastico (feminine fantastica, masculine plural fantastici, feminine plural fantastiche)

  1. fantastic (of or pertaining to fantasy)
  2. fabulous, imaginary, imaginative, fantastic
  3. (hyperbolic) fantastic, wonderful, great, terrific
  4. eccentric, outlandish (of people)
  5. (heraldry) a monster having body parts of different animals
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → English: fantastico

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fantastico

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fantasticare

Further reading

  • fantastico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • famtastico

Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Latin phantasticus, borrowed from Ancient Greek φανταστικός (phantastikós), from φαντάζω (phantázō) + -τικός (-tikós).

    Adjective

    fantastico m (plural fantasticos, feminine fantastica, feminine plural fantasticas)

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

    Descendants

    References

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