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fantasma — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • braggart noun A person who boasts constantly about themselves.
  • 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.
  • revenant noun A spirit or reanimated corpse said to return from the dead, as in folklore or horror fiction.
  • wraith noun A ghost or ghostly figure, especially one believed to appear around the time of a person's death.

Senses

fantasma is used for these senses in English:

  • braggart Someone who constantly brags or boasts. [from late 16th c.]
  • eidolon A phantom; a ghost or an elusive entity.
  • 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.
  • revenant A supernatural being that returns from the dead; a zombie or ghost.
  • show-off One who shows off; a person given to egotistically demonstrating their prowess or ability.
  • 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.

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