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Asturian
Adjective
fantástico
- neuter of fantásticu
Galician
Etymology
Attested since circa 1300. Learned borrowing from Latin phantasticus, from Ancient Greek φανταστικός (phantastikós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fanˈtastiko/
- Rhymes: -astiko
- Hyphenation: fan‧tás‧ti‧co
Adjective
fantástico (feminine fantástica, masculine plural fantásticos, feminine plural fantásticas)
- 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
- 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
Adjective
fantástico (feminine fantástica, masculine plural fantásticos, feminine plural fantásticas)
- fantastic
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin phantasticus, from Ancient Greek φανταστικός (phantastikós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fanˈtastiko/
- Rhymes: -astiko
- Syllabification: fan‧tás‧ti‧co
Adjective
fantástico (feminine fantástica, masculine plural fantásticos, feminine plural fantásticas)
- fantastic (existing in fantasy)
- fantastic (excellent)
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