místico
See also: mistico
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin mysticus, from Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, “secret, mystic”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmis.t͡ʃi.ku/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈmiʃ.t͡ʃi.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmis.t͡ʃi.ko/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmiʃ.ti.ku/
- Hyphenation: mís‧ti‧co
Adjective
místico (feminine mística, masculine plural místicos, feminine plural místicas)
- mystic; mystical (relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries)
- mystic (mysterious and strange)
Noun
místico m (plural místicos, feminine mística, feminine plural místicas)
- mystic (someone who practises mysticism)
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin mysticus, from Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmistiko/ [ˈmis.t̪i.ko]
- Rhymes: -istiko
- Syllabification: mís‧ti‧co
Adjective
místico (feminine mística, masculine plural místicos, feminine plural místicas)
- mystical
Noun
místico m (plural místicos, feminine mística, feminine plural místicas)
- mystic
Derived terms
- misticismo m
Further reading
- “místico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014