fantasma
Portuguese, noun/fɐ̃ˈtaz.mɐ/
fantasma is spelled F-A-N-T-A-S-M-A (8 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,176th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fantasma is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “ghost (spirit appearing after death)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “suposta aparição de pessoa morta ou animal morto, geralmente sob forma indefinida; espírito de pessoa morta…”.
What does fantasma mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineghost (spirit appearing after death)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. suposta aparição de pessoa morta ou animal morto, geralmente sob forma indefinida; espírito de pessoa morta ou animal morto 2. duplicação deturpativa de elementos exibidos em tela, a qual apresenta-se de forma atenuada, esmaecida lateralmente aos primeiros em decorrência de defeito na composição dos dados que compõe vídeo
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 fantasma
- fantasmas plural
- phantasma alternative obsolete
- abantesma alternative
- abentesma alternative
- avantesma alternative
- aventesma alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fantasma?
- Brazil /fɐ̃ˈtaz.mɐ/
- /fɐ̃ˈtaʒ.mɐ/
- Portugal /fɐ̃ˈtaʒ.mɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fantasma
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fantasma in Portuguese?
fantasma appears 15 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).