misticismo

Italian

Etymology

From mistico +‎ -ismo.

Noun

misticismo m (plural misticismi)

1. mysticism

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mis.t͡ʃiˈsiz.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mis.t͡ʃiˈsiz.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /miʃ.t͡ʃiˈsiʒ.mu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /miʃ.tiˈsiʒ.mu/

• Hyphenation: mis‧ti‧cis‧mo

Noun

misticismo m (plural misticismos)

1. mysticism (doctrine of direct communication with divine truth)

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mewH-

Proto-Indo-European *mewH-ye-der.

Ancient Greek μῡ́ω (mū́ō)

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti

Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Ancient Greek -έω (-éō)

Ancient Greek μῠέω (mŭéō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)

Ancient Greek μῠ́στης (mŭ́stēs)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)

Ancient Greek μῠστῐκός (mŭstĭkós)der.

Latin mysticuslbor.

Spanish místico

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)bor.

Latin -ismuslbor.

Spanish -ismo

Spanish misticismo

From místico + -ismo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mistiˈθismo/ [mis.t̪iˈθiz.mo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /mistiˈsismo/ [mis.t̪iˈsiz.mo] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: mis‧ti‧cis‧mo

Noun

misticismo m (plural misticismos)

1. mysticism

Further reading

• “misticismo”, 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