Spanish word

utopía

Pronunciation

IPA/utoˈpia/

Meaning

  • feminine nounutopia

Example

¿Crees en la utopía?

Do you believe in utopia?

Illustration for utopía (utopia)

More examples

Soñar con una utopía puede inspirar cambios reales.

Dreaming of a utopia can inspire real change.

Core concept

Ideal state or society.

Common phrases

  • una utopía

    a utopia

  • soñar con una utopía

    dreaming of a utopia

  • vivir en una utopía

    living in a utopia

Similar words

ideal: Near-perfect condition actively pursued for practical realization.
paraíso: Imagined place of complete happiness and peacefulness.
quimera: Elusive dream or goal whose realization is highly unlikely.
fantasía: Invented imaginative world or scenario detached from reality.

Definition in Spanish

Concepción de un mundo o una sociedad ideal, deseable en teoría pero a menudo irrealizable en la práctica.

Word origin

Greek ou- 'no' plus topos 'place' originally conveys 'no place', a label Thomas More applied to his fictional island whose literary use shaped the modern notion of utopía.

Usage tips

  • Common collocations are utopía política, utopía social, and una utopía, and pairing utopía with verbs like buscar or construir frames it as an aspirational but often unrealistic project.

Opposites

  • distopíadystopianoun
  • realidadrealitynoun

Related words

  • utópicoutopianadjective
  • utopismoutopianismnoun
  • utopistautopistnoun

Word lists with this word