platónico

See also: platonico and platônico

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• platônico (Brazil)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Platōnicus. By surface analysis, Platão +‎ -ico.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /plɐˈtɔ.ni.ku/

• Rhymes: -ɔniku
• Hyphenation: pla‧tó‧ni‧co

Adjective

platónico (feminine platónica, masculine plural platónicos, feminine plural platónicas) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. Platonic (all senses)

Derived terms

• platonicamente

Related terms

• Platão (“Plato”)

Further reading

• “platónico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Platōnicus. By surface analysis, Platón (“Plato”) +‎ -ico.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plaˈtoniko/ [plaˈt̪o.ni.ko]
• Rhymes: -oniko
• Syllabification: pla‧tó‧ni‧co

Adjective

platónico (feminine platónica, masculine plural platónicos, feminine plural platónicas)

1. Platonic (of or relating to Plato and/or his philosophical doctrines)
2. platonic (non-sexual)

Noun

platónico m (plural platónicos, feminine platónica, feminine plural platónicas)

1. Platonist

Derived terms

• amor platónico m
• sólido platónico m

Related terms

• platonismo

Further reading

• “platónico”, 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