abantesma

nounmasculineliterário/ɐβɐ̃ˈtɐʒmɐ/rare

a·ban·tes·ma

Definition

Apparition, ghost, spectre; frightening vision.

In the darkness of the corridor, that figure looked like a phantom from an old tale.

The sailors told stories of a phantom that appeared in the fogs.

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Common collocations

a dreadful phantomappear like a phantom

Do árabe 'abū taym' ou 'abū taymah' (pai do fantasma).