imaginado

imagined

adjective ee-mah-hee-NAH-doh Rare

Also means

imaginary

Usage Note

Imaginado is the past participle of imaginar used adjectivally, meaning something that was thought up or pictured in the mind. It differs from imaginario ('imaginary, existing only in the imagination as a permanent quality') in that imaginado emphasises the active mental act: un peligro imaginado ('a danger one has imagined') vs seres imaginarios ('imaginary beings'). The distinction is subtle but consistent across careful usage.

Examples

"El miedo imaginado puede ser tan real como el verdadero."

Natural Translation

Imagined fear can be as real as genuine fear.

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