esotérico

From Ancient Greek ἐσωτερικός (esōterikós, “belonging to an inner circle”), from ἐσωτέρω (esōtérō, “further inside”), comparative of ἔσω (ésō, “within”), from ἐς (es), εἰς (eis, “into”).

• Hyphenation: e‧so‧té‧ri‧co
• Homophone: exotérico

esotérico (feminine esotérica, masculine plural esotéricos, feminine plural esotéricas)

1. (philosophy, etc.) esoteric
   1. understood only by a chosen few or an enlightened inner circle

      Antonym: exotérico

   2. having to do with concepts that are highly theoretical

The words esotérico and exotérico, despite being antonyms, are homophones in Portuguese.

• “esotérico” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “esotérico” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “esotérico” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “esotérico” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “esotérico” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “esotérico” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐσωτερικός (esōterikós, “belonging to an inner circle”), from ἐσωτέρω (esōtérō, “further inside”), comparative of ἔσω (ésō, “within”), from ἐς (es), εἰς (eis, “into”).

• IPA^(key): /esoˈteɾiko/ [e.soˈt̪e.ɾi.ko]
• (Rioplatense)

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• Rhymes: -eɾiko
• Syllabification: e‧so‧té‧ri‧co

esotérico (feminine esotérica, masculine plural esotéricos, feminine plural esotéricas)

1. (philosophy, etc.) esoteric

• “esotérico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014