Skip to content

apoteosis

apotheosis

noun ah-poh-teh-OH-sees Rare
Mind & Emotions Emotions

Origin: Greek apotheosis (deification)

Also means

culmination

Usage Note

Apoteosis originally meant the deification of a human, but in modern Spanish it is widely used to mean the glorious peak or climax of something — la apoteosis del concierto (the grand finale of the concert). It is an invariable noun: la apoteosis and las apoteosis both use the same form. In colloquial speech, the adjective apoteósico ('epic, over-the-top') is very common.

Examples

"El último acto fue la apoteosis del espectáculo."

Natural Translation

The last act was the culmination of the show.

Explore Spanish by topic