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utopía

utopia

noun oo-toh-PEE-ah Rare

Origin: Coined by Thomas More from Greek ou ('not') + topos ('place'), meaning 'nowhere'.

Usage Note

Utopía entered Spanish from the title of More's 1516 Latin work Utopia. It is a llana word with the written accent on the í. Its antonym distopía has grown rapidly in modern use, and the derived adjective utópico/a is commonly used to dismiss impractical ideals: eso es utópico ('that's utopian thinking').

Examples

"Vivir sin conflictos parece una utopía."

Natural Translation

Living without conflict seems like a utopia.

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