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imaginations

[/ˌɪmədʒɪˈneɪʃənz/]
nounfemininepl: imaginations
imaginações
1. The faculty or action of forming new ideas, or images or concepts of external objects not present to the senses
Children often have wild imaginations.
As crianças frequentemente têm imaginações selvagens.
2. Creative or inventive thinking; the ability to think of new things
The artist's imaginings were boundless.
As imaginações do artista eram ilimitadas.
3. Something imagined or invented, especially a false or mistaken belief or idea
It was all just imaginations and fears.
Eram apenas imaginações e medos.
Synonyms
fantasiescreative thinkingvisualizationsinventions
Antonyms
realityfactstruth

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
imaginações
Standard usage across Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
imaginações
Common usage
São Paulo
imaginações
Standard formal usage
Portugal
imaginações
Standard European Portuguese

Related Idioms & Phrases

use your imagination
beyond one's imagination
figments of imagination
capture the imagination
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