fantasiar
Portuguese, verb/fɐ̃.ta.ziˈa(ʁ)/
fantasiar is spelled F-A-N-T-A-S-I-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 36,796th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fantasiar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to put a costume” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “imaginar”.
What does fantasiar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to put a costume
Eu me fantasiei de vampiro para a festa.
- 2
to imagine (use one's imagination; conjure in one's mind)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. imaginar 2. criar na fantasia
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fantasiar
- fantasio first-person present singular
- fantasiei first-person preterite singular
- fantasiado participle past
- fantasiares infinitive second-person singular
- fantasiarmos first-person infinitive plural
- fantasiardes infinitive plural second-person
- fantasiarem infinitive plural third-person
- fantasiando gerund
- fantasiados masculine participle past
- fantasiada feminine participle past
- fantasiadas feminine participle past
- fantasias indicative present second-person
- fantasia indicative present singular
- fantasiamos first-person indicative plural
- fantasiais indicative plural present
- fantasiam indicative plural present
- fantasiava first-person imperfect indicative
- fantasiavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fantasiar?
- Brazil /fɐ̃.ta.ziˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [fɐ̃.ta.ziˈa(h)]
- Brazil /fɐ̃.taˈzja(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fantasiar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fantasiar in Portuguese?
fantasiar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).