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spettro — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ghost noun The soul of a dead person believed to appear to or haunt the living.
  • phantom noun A ghost or ghostly figure; something that appears real but has no physical substance.
  • shade noun An area of relative darkness where direct sunlight is blocked.
  • specter noun A ghostly figure or apparition; a phantom.
  • spectrum noun A continuous range between two extremes.
  • spook noun A ghost or supernatural apparition.
  • wraith noun A ghost or ghostly figure, especially one believed to appear around the time of a person's death.

Senses

spettro is used for these senses in English:

  • ghost A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
  • phantom Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion.
  • shade (chiefly, literary, and, fantasy) A ghost or specter; a spirit.
  • specter A ghostly apparition, a phantom. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
  • wraith A ghost or specter, especially a person's likeness seen just after their death.

ghost — full definition

  1. noun The soul of a dead person believed to appear to or haunt the living.
  2. verb To suddenly stop all communication with someone, especially in a relationship, without any explanation.
  3. verb To secretly write or produce work credited to someone else (short for ghostwrite).
  4. verb To make a visual element look faint or grayed-out to show it can't currently be used.

phantom — full definition

  1. noun A ghost or ghostly figure; something that appears real but has no physical substance.
  2. adj Not real or not actually present, though it seems to be.

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