Spanish Conversation · Level 157
30 words
Spanish word
telepatía
Pronunciation
IPA/telepaˈtia/
Meaning
- feminine nountelepathy
Example
¿Crees en telepatía?
Do you believe in telepathy?
More examples
Parecía que tenían telepatía y se entendían sin hablar.
It seemed that they had telepathy and understood each other without speaking.
Core concept
Mind-to-mind connection between two people.
Common phrases
creer en telepatía
believe in telepathy
comunicarse por telepatía
communicate by telepathy
tener telepatía
have telepathy
Similar words
empatía: Perceives and emotionally shares another person's feelings and perspective.
lenguaje corporal: Expresses emotions or messages nonverbally through gestures, posture, and facial expressions.
Definition in Spanish
Modo de comunicación no físico atribuido a veces a personas que parecen entenderse sin hablarse.
Word origin
It comes from late 19th-century psychical-research vocabulary combining Greek tele- 'far' and pathos 'feeling' to name the supposed transmission of thought over distance.
Usage tips
- In Spanish telepatía is a feminine noun (la telepatía) and learners often omit the accent on the í, producing the common misspelling telepatia.
Opposites
- comunicación verbalverbal communicationnoun
Related words
- telepáticotelepathicadjective
- telepáticamentetelepathicallyadverb