metafísico

See also: metafisico

Galician

Adjective

metafísico (feminine metafísica, masculine plural metafísicos, feminine plural metafísicas)

1. metaphysical

Derived terms

• metafisicamente

Noun

metafísico m (plural metafísicos, feminine metafísica, feminine plural metafísicas)

1. metaphysician

Related terms

• físico
• metafísica

Further reading

• “metafísico”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• metaphysico (obsolete)

Etymology

From metafísica (“metaphysics”), from Medieval Latin metaphysica (“metaphysics”), from Medieval Greek μεταφυσικά (metaphusiká). By surface analysis, meta- +‎ físico.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.taˈfi.zi.ku/, /ˌmɛ.taˈfi.zi.ku/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.tɐˈfi.zi.ku/, /ˌmɛ.tɐˈfi.zi.ku/

• Hyphenation: me‧ta‧fí‧si‧co

Noun

metafísico m (plural metafísicos, feminine metafísica, feminine plural metafísicas)

1. metaphysician (philosopher who specializes in the scholarly study of metaphysics)

Adjective

metafísico (feminine metafísica, masculine plural metafísicos, feminine plural metafísicas)

1. (not comparable) metaphysical (of or relating to metaphysics)
2. metaphysical (immaterial, supersensual, not physical)

   Synonyms: abstrato, imaterial, transcendente

   Antonyms: físico, material, mundado

3. (figurative) incomprehensible (hard to understand)

   Synonyms: difícil, enigmático, incompreensível, nebuloso, sutil

   Antonym: simples

Related terms

• metafísica
• metafisicamente
• metafisicar
• metafisicismo
• metafisismo

Further reading

• “metafísico”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “metafísico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *me

Proto-Indo-European *meth₂?

Ancient Greek μετά (metá)bor.

Spanish meta-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti

Ancient Greek φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Hellenic *-tis

Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Ancient Greek φύσις (phúsis)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)

Ancient Greek φυσικός (phusikós)der.

Latin physicusder.

Spanish físico

Spanish metafísico

From meta- + físico.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /metaˈfisiko/ [me.t̪aˈfi.si.ko]
• Rhymes: -isiko
• Syllabification: me‧ta‧fí‧si‧co

Adjective

metafísico (feminine metafísica, masculine plural metafísicos, feminine plural metafísicas)

1. metaphysical

Derived terms

• metafísicamente

Noun

metafísico m (plural metafísicos, feminine metafísica, feminine plural metafísicas)

1. metaphysician

Related terms

• físico
• metafísica

Further reading

• “metafísico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025