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Galician
Adjective
metafísico (feminine metafísica, masculine plural metafísicos, feminine plural metafísicas)
- metaphysical
Derived terms
Noun
metafísico m (plural metafísicos, feminine metafísica, feminine plural metafísicas)
- metaphysician
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
From metafísica (“metaphysics”), from Medieval Latin metaphysica (“metaphysics”), from Byzantine Greek μεταφυσικά (metaphusiká). By surface analysis, meta- + físico.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /me.taˈfi.zi.ku/, /ˌmɛ.taˈfi.zi.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /me.taˈfi.zi.ko/, /ˌmɛ.taˈfi.zi.ko/
- Hyphenation: me‧ta‧fí‧si‧co
Noun
metafísico m (plural metafísicos, feminine metafísica, feminine plural metafísicas)
- metaphysician (philosopher who specializes in the scholarly study of metaphysics)
Adjective
metafísico (feminine metafísica, masculine plural metafísicos, feminine plural metafísicas)
- (not comparable) metaphysical (of or relating to metaphysics)
- metaphysical (immaterial, supersensual, not physical)
- Synonyms: abstrato, imaterial, transcendente
- Antonyms: físico, material, mundado
- (figurative) incomprehensible (hard to understand)
- Synonyms: difícil, enigmático, incompreensível, nebuloso, sutil
- Antonym: simples
Spanish
Etymology
From meta- + físico.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /metaˈfisiko/
- Rhymes: -isiko
- Syllabification: me‧ta‧fí‧si‧co
Adjective
metafísico (feminine metafísica, masculine plural metafísicos, feminine plural metafísicas)
- metaphysical
Derived terms
Noun
metafísico m (plural metafísicos, feminine metafísica, feminine plural metafísicas)
- metaphysician
Further reading