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imaginación

Definitions of imaginación
  1. noun
    the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
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    La Muerte
    the personification of death
    marciano
    imaginary people who live on the planet Mars
    Mammon
    (New Testament) a personification of wealth and avarice as an evil spirit
    Pegaso
    (Greek mythology) the immortal winged horse that sprang from the blood of the slain Medusa; was tamed by Bellerophon with the help of a bridle given him by Athena; as the flying horse of the Muses it is a symbol of highflying imagination
    Pitón
    (Greek mythology) dragon killed by Apollo at Delphi
    Psique
    (Greek mythology) a beautiful princess loved by Cupid who visited her at night and told her she must not try to see him; became the personification of the soul
    Heracles
    (classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality
    Pandora
    (Greek mythology) the first woman; created by Hephaestus on orders from Zeus who presented her to Epimetheus along with a box filled with evils
    Ayax
    a mythical Greek hero; a warrior who fought against Troy in the Iliad
    Aladino
    in the Arabian Nights a boy who acquires a magic lamp from which he can summon a genie
    argonauta
    (Greek mythology) one of the heroes who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece
    Medea
    (Greek mythology) a princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father
    Odiseo
    (Greek mythology) a famous mythical Greek hero; his return to Ithaca after the siege of Troy was described in the Odyssey
    Tántalo
    (Greek mythology) a wicked king and son of Zeus; condemned in Hades to stand in water that receded when he tried to drink and beneath fruit that receded when he reached for it
    Aquiles
    a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel'
    Peleo
    a king of the Myrmidons and father of Achilles
    Don Quijote
    the hero of a romance by Cervantes; chivalrous but impractical
    Falstaff
    a dissolute character in Shakespeare's plays
    Fausto
    an alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge
    liliputiense
    a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift
    pierrot
    a male character in French pantomime; usually dressed in white with a whitened face
    Huckleberry Finn
    a mischievous boy in a novel by Mark Twain
    Tom Sawyer
    the boy hero of a novel by Mark Twain
    Tío Tom
    a servile black character in a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe
    Tío Sam
    a personification of the United States government
    Sherlock Holmes
    a fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle
    protagonista
    the principal character in a work of fiction
    Robin de los bosques
    legendary English outlaw of the 12th century; said to have robbed the rich to help the poor
    Santa Claus
    the legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas
    Bigfoot
    large hairy humanoid creature said to live in wilderness areas of the United States and Canada
    el monstruo del Lago Ness
    a large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland
    types:
    lugar imagianario
    a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings
    fantasía
    imagination unrestricted by reality
    sueño
    imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
    criatura imaginaria, ente imaginario, ser imaginario
    a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction
    el otro barrio, el otro mundo
    the place where you are after you die
    El Dorado
    an imaginary place of great wealth and opportunity; sought in South America by 16th-century explorers
    cielo
    the abode of God and the angels
    infierno
    (religion) the world of the dead
    perdición
    (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment
    Líliput
    a land imagined by Jonathan Swift that was inhabited by tiny people
    limbo
    (theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals)
    limbo
    an imaginary place for lost or neglected things
    país de los sueños
    a pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination
    purgatorio
    (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins
    utopía
    an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal
    ensoñación, quimera
    a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)
    mundo de la fantasía
    an imaginary life lived in a fantasy world
    el país de las hadas
    something existing solely in the imagination (but often mistaken for reality)
    ensoñación, ensueño
    absentminded dreaming while awake
    criatura hipotética
    a creature that has not been observed but is hypothesized to exist
    ser mítico
    an imaginary being of myth or fable
    gigante
    an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales
    sirena
    half woman and half fish; lives in the sea
    tritón
    half man and half fish; lives in the sea
    monstruo
    an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
    bruja
    a being (usually female) imagined to have special powers derived from the devil
    personaje ficticio
    an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
    silfo, sílfide
    an elemental being believed to inhabit the air
    unicornio
    an imaginary creature represented as a white horse with a long horn growing from its forehead
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    creatividad
    the ability to create
  2. noun
    something many people believe that is false
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    types:
    espejismo
    the illusion that what you wish for is actually true
    type of:
    concepto erróneo, concepto falso
    an incorrect conception
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