metafísico
Portuguese, noun/me.taˈfi.zi.ku/
metafísico is spelled M-E-T-A-F-Í-S-I-C-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 47,790th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Metafísico is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “metaphysician (philosopher who specializes in the scholarly study of metaphysics)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que estuda a metafísica”.
What does metafísico mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemetaphysician (philosopher who specializes in the scholarly study of metaphysics)
adjective
- 1
metaphysical (of or relating to metaphysics)
- 2
metaphysical (immaterial, supersensual, not physical)
- 3
incomprehensible (hard to understand)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. referente à metafísica 2. que vai além dos limites da experiência física
noun: 1. aquele que estuda a metafísica
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 metafísico
- metafísicos plural
- metafísica feminine
- metafísicas feminine plural
- metaphysico alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce metafísico?
- Brazil /me.taˈfi.zi.ku/
- Brazil /ˌmɛ.taˈfi.zi.ku/
- Portugal /mɨ.tɐˈfi.zi.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to metafísico
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is metafísico in Portuguese?
metafísico appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).