fantasioso

Italian

Etymology

From fantasia +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fan.taˈzjo.zo/, (traditional) /fan.taˈzjo.so/
• Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
• Hyphenation: fan‧ta‧sió‧so

Adjective

fantasioso (feminine fantasiosa, masculine plural fantasiosi, feminine plural fantasiose)

1. imaginative
2. fanciful, strange

Derived terms

• fantasiosamente
• fantasiosità

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɐ̃.ta.ziˈo.zu/, (faster) /fɐ̃.taˈzjo.zu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐ̃.tɐˈzjo.zu/

• Hyphenation: fan‧ta‧si‧o‧so

Adjective

fantasioso (feminine fantasiosa, masculine plural fantasiosos, feminine plural fantasiosas, metaphonic)

1. fantastical (seemingly only possible in fantasy)

Further reading

• “fantasioso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “fantasioso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂n̥yéti

Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō

Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Hellenic *-tós

Ancient Greek -τός (-tós)

Ancient Greek φᾰντός (phăntós)

Proto-Indo-European *-(e)h₂d-yéti?

Ancient Greek -αγ- (-ag-)

Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs)

Proto-Indo-European *-yoh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-yō

Ancient Greek *-ϳω (*-jō)

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Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ζω (-ắzō)

Ancient Greek φαντάζω (phantázō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Hellenic *-tis

Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs)

Ancient Greek -σις (-sis)

Ancient Greek φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς (phắntăsĭs)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía)bor.

Latin phantasiader.

Spanish fantasía

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?

Proto-Italic *-ō̆tsos?

Old Latin -ōssus

Latin -ōsus

Old Spanish -oso

Spanish -oso

Spanish fantasioso

From fantasía + -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fantaˈsjoso/ [fãn̪.t̪aˈsjo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: fan‧ta‧sio‧so

Adjective

fantasioso (feminine fantasiosa, masculine plural fantasiosos, feminine plural fantasiosas)

1. imaginative, fanciful

   Synonym: inventivo

2. unbelievable, unrealistic

   Synonym: inverosímil

Related terms

• fantástico

Further reading

• “fantasioso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026