Masculine
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fantasma

Meaning

  1. (masculine) ghost, phantom, wraith
  2. (colloquial, masculine) show-off

Frequency

B1
Hyphenated as
fan‧tas‧ma
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fanˈtasma/
Etymology

In summary

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.

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