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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

epifanía

Pronunciation / Transliteration: epifanía

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Epiphany/ɪˈpɪf.ə.ni/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #4500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Tuvo una epifanía sobre el significado de su vida."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A moment of sudden and great revelation or realization.

    "She had an epiphany and realized what she wanted to do with her life."
  2. 2

    A Christian festival held on January 6 in celebration of the manifestation of the divine nature of Christ to the Magi.

    "Epiphany marks the traditional end of the Twelve Days of Christmas."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin word epiphaneia, stemming from the ancient Greek epiphaneia meaning 'manifestation' or 'striking appearance', built from epi- ('upon, to') and phainein ('to show'). Originally used exclusively in Christian liturgy to celebrate the revelation of Christ to the Magi, its meaning broadened in secular contexts by the 20th century to describe any sudden, profound realization or intuitive flash of understanding.

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