fantasize

English

Alternative forms

fantasise (British)
phantasise (British, dated)
phantasize (dated)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φαντασιάζομαι (phantasiázomai, “to be presented to the mind”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfæntəˌsaɪz/

Verb

fantasize (third-person singular simple present fantasizes, present participle fantasizing, simple past and past participle fantasized)

(intransitive) To indulge in fantasy; to imagine things only possible in fantasy.
I fantasized about my ideal date.
(transitive) To portray in the mind, using fantasy.
- 1995 March 22, “Seinfeld with Madonna? 'Cosmo' reveals sex fantasies”, in The Arizona Republic:
  Actress Dana Delany fantasizes about making love with two men.

Translations

intransitive: to indulge in fantasy

Arabic: تخيّل‎
Bulgarian: фантазирам (bg) (fantaziram)
French: fantasmer (fr)
Georgian: ფანტაზიორობა (panṭazioroba)
Greek: ονειροπολώ (el) (oneiropoló), φαντάζομαι (el) (fantázomai)
Hungarian: fantáziál (hu)
Lao: ເພີ້ຝັນ (phœ̄ fan), ຈິນຕະນາການ (lo) (chin ta nā kān)
Luxembourgish: fantaséieren
Norwegian: fantasere
Portuguese: fantasiar (pt)
Romanian: avea fantezii
Russian: фантази́ровать (ru) impf (fantazírovatʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: фантазирати

Roman: fantazirati (sh)
Spanish: fantasear (es)
Swedish: fantisera (sv)
Thai: เพ้อฝัน (th) (pə́ə-fǎn), จินตนาการ (th) (jin-dtà-naa-gaan), ฝันเฟื่อง (th) (fǎn-fʉ̂ʉang)

transitive: to portray in the mind

Bulgarian: фантазирам си (fantaziram si)
Hungarian: fantáziál (hu)
Maori: pohewa
Portuguese: fantasiar (pt)

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