fantasize

English

Alternative forms

• fantasise (British)
• phantasise (British, dated)
• phantasize (dated)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φαντασιάζομαι (phantasiázomai, “to be presented to the mind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæntəˌsaɪz/

Verb

1. (intransitive) To indulge in fantasy; to imagine things only possible in fantasy.

   I fantasized about my ideal date.

2. (transitive) To portray in the mind, using fantasy.
   • 1995 March 22, "Seinfeld with Madonna? 'Cosmo' reveals sex fantasies", The Arizona Republic

     Actress Dana Delany fantasizes about making love with two men.

Translations

intransitive: to indulge in fantasy

• Arabic: تخيّل
• Bulgarian: фантазирам (bg) (fantaziram)
• French: fantasmer (fr)
• Georgian: ფანტაზიორობა (panṭazioroba)
• Greek: ονειροπολώ (el) (oneiropoló), φαντάζομαι (el) (fantázomai)
• Hungarian: fantáziál (hu)
• Luxembourgish: fantaséieren
• Norwegian: fantasere
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• Portuguese: fantasiar (pt)
• Romanian: a avea fantezii
• Russian: фантази́ровать (ru) impf (fantazírovatʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: фантазирати

  Roman: fantazirati (sh)

• Spanish: fantasear (es)
• Swedish: fantisera (sv)

transitive: to portray in the mind

• Bulgarian: фантазирам си (fantaziram si)
• Hungarian: fantáziál (hu)
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• Maori: pohewa
• Portuguese: fantasiar (pt)