fantasma

adj.

phantom, solitary, abandoned.

f. & m.

show-off (informal) (fanfarrón). (peninsular Spanish)

m.

1 ghost, phantom (espectro).

2 show-off.

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fantasma

► nombre masculino

1 (espectro) phantom, ghost

2 familiar (fanfarrón) braggart, show-off

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noun m.

ghost

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1. SM

1) (=aparición) ghost, phantom liter

2) (TV) ghost

2.

SMF Esp * (=fanfarrón) boaster, braggart

3. ADJ INV

1) (=abandonado) ghost antes de s

buque fantasma — ghost ship

ciudad fantasma — ghost city

2) (=inexistente) phantom antes de s

embarazo fantasma — phantom pregnancy

miembro fantasma — phantom limb

compañía fantasma — bogus o dummy company

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I

masculino

1)

a) (aparición) ghost

el fantasma de la ópera — the Phantom of the Opera

b) (amenaza) specter*

el fantasma del cáncer — the specter of cancer

2) (TV) ghost

3) fantasma masculino y femenino (Esp fam) (fanfarrón) show-off (colloq)

II

adjetivo bogus; gabinete, etc

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I

masculino

1)

a) (aparición) ghost

el fantasma de la ópera — the Phantom of the Opera

b) (amenaza) specter*

el fantasma del cáncer — the specter of cancer

2) (TV) ghost

3) fantasma masculino y femenino (Esp fam) (fanfarrón) show-off (colloq)

II

adjetivo bogus; gabinete, etc

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fantasma¹

¹ = ghost, spectre [specter, -USA], wraith, spook, phantasm, phantom.

Ex: Some authors, of course, object to their work being subjected to compulsory dissection for exams in the traditional deadly manner and like Bernard Shaw, they swear to haunt anyone who so mistreats them (Shaw's ghost must be busy these days).

Ex: The automated catalogue became a spectre of looming change because the same electronic advances that made the online catalogue a reality promised even greater transformations = El catálogo automatizado se convirtió en un espectro del inminente cambio ya que los mismos avances electrónicos que hicieron realidad el catálogo en línea prometían transformaciones aún mayores.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Wraiths, revenants and ritual in medieval culture'.

Ex: The article 'Ghosts, spooks and spectres' looks briefly at some of the ways in which public librarians have been portrayed in popular fiction.

Ex: Fourniret is a dangerous man obnubilated by the phantasm of virginity.

Ex: The phantoms of the book's name are those sensed by amputees who have vividfeeling, even pain, in limbs they know are gone.

* cazar fantasmas = chase + phantoms, grasp at + shadows.

* perseguir fantasmas = chase + phantoms, grasp at + shadows.

* pueblo fantasma = ghost town.

* ver un fantasma = see + a ghost.

fantasma²

² = show-off, showboat, hot dog, braggart.

Ex: The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.

Ex: Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.

Ex: Jerry Hairston is a bit of a hot dog and needs to be reined in at times.

Ex: Palma, described by many as an indiscreet braggart, told people at the gun range that the group was preparing for clandestine trips to Cuba.

* ser un fantasma = be all mouth.

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fantasma¹

masculine

A

1 (aparición) ghost

dicen que en el castillo hay fantasmas the castle is said to have ghosts o to be haunted

el fantasma de la ópera the Phantom of the Opera

2 (amenaza) specter*

torturado por el fantasma del cáncer haunted by the specter of cancer

B (TV) ghost

C

fantasma masculine and feminine (Esp fam)

1 (fanfarrón) show-off (colloq)

2 (persona misteriosa) mysterious character, mystery (colloq)

fantasma²

adjective

bogus

subvenciones para empleados fantasmas subsidies for bogus employees o for employees who do/did not exist

buque, gabinete, etc

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fantasma sustantivo masculino

a) (aparición) ghost

b) (amenaza) specter^{(conjugate specter)}

fantasma
I sustantivo masculino
1 (aparición) ghost, phantom
2 (recuerdos, etc) tienes que deshacerte de tus fantasmas, you must lay the ghosts of your past
3 fam (fanfarrón) show-off, loud-mouth
4 (amenaza) specter o spectre: el fantasma de la guerra planeaba sobre el país, the spectre of war loomed over the country
II adjetivo
1 (irreal, falso) un buque fantasma, an enchanted ship
2 (despoblado) un pueblo fantasma, a ghost town
'fantasma' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
corpórea
- corpóreo
- sugestión
- aparecer
- coco
- desvanecerse
- encanto
- espantar
- espectro
English:
apparition
- bombed-out
- ghost
- ghost town
- haunt
- phantom
- sink
- specter
- spectre
- spirit
- front
- show

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fantasma

♦ adj

1. [deshabitado]

pueblo/barco fantasma ghost town/ship

2. [que no existe]

una noticia fantasma a false report;

una empresa fantasma a bogus company;

el informe fantasma sobre la recuperación económica the mythical report on the economic turnaround

3. Esp Fam

es muy fantasma [fanfarrón] he's a real show-off

4. RP Fam

es muy fantasma [atontado] she's absolutely crazy

♦ nm

1. [espectro] ghost, phantom;

se le apareció el fantasma de un pirata the ghost of a pirate appeared to him

Comp

el Fantasma de la Ópera the Phantom of the Opera

2. [amenaza] spectre;

el fantasma de la guerra civil/del desempleo the spectre of civil war/unemployment

3. Am TV ghost

♦ nmf

1. Esp Fam [fanfarrón] show-off

2. RP Fam [atontado] loony

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fantasma

I m ghost; fig

specter, Br

spectre

II m/f fam

show-off fam

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fantasma nm

: ghost, phantom

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fantasma¹ adj ghost

un pueblo fantasma a ghost town

un barco fantasma a ghost ship

fantasma² n

1. (aparición) ghost

¿crees en los fantasmas? do you believe in ghosts?

2. (fanfarrón) show off