spiritual

espiritual

Relacionado con el alma, los sentimientos profundos y el sentido que se da a la vida.

En inglés sencillo: Connected with your soul, inner feelings, and sense of meaning in life.

• Meditation helps her spiritual wellbeing.
• The journey brought him a sense of spiritual peace.
• They value spiritual growth more than money.

Antónimos: material, physical

Expresiones frecuentes: spiritual growth, spiritual needs, spiritual journey, spiritual wellbeing

espiritual, religioso

Relacionado con Dios, las creencias religiosas o el culto.

En inglés sencillo: Connected with God, religious belief, or worship.

• Prayer is part of her spiritual life.
• They asked their spiritual leader for advice.
• He found spiritual strength in his faith.

Sinónimos: religious, sacred

Antónimos: secular

Expresiones frecuentes: spiritual leader, spiritual guidance, spiritual life, spiritual experience

sobrenatural, espiritual

Relacionado con espíritus o fuerzas que van más allá del mundo físico cotidiano.

En inglés sencillo: Connected with spirits or powers beyond the ordinary physical world.

• They believe in spiritual forces.
• She claimed to sense a spiritual presence in the room.
• The story describes contact with the spiritual world.

Sinónimos: supernatural, otherworldly

Expresiones frecuentes: spiritual world, spiritual realm, spiritual forces, spiritual presence

inmaterial, incorpóreo

Que existe como espíritu, sin cuerpo físico ni forma material.

En inglés sencillo: Existing as a spirit, without a physical body or material form.

• The angel is a spiritual being.
• They described the soul as purely spiritual.
• In this account, spiritual beings have no physical bodies.

Sinónimos: immaterial, incorporeal, bodiless

Antónimos: material, physical

Expresiones frecuentes: spiritual being, spiritual substance, purely spiritual

mental, intelectual

Relacionado con la mente y la capacidad de pensar y comprender.

En inglés sencillo: Connected with the mind and its ability to think and understand.

• The essay examines our spiritual faculties.
• He called education a means of spiritual development.
• The writer contrasted physical strength with spiritual powers of thought.

Sinónimos: mental, intellectual

Antónimos: physical

Expresiones frecuentes: spiritual faculties, spiritual development, spiritual powers

eclesiástico, espiritual

Relacionado con las funciones o la autoridad de la Iglesia, frente a los asuntos del gobierno o de la vida mundana.

En inglés sencillo: Connected with church duties or authority, rather than ordinary government or worldly matters.

• The bishop holds spiritual authority.
• Priests have spiritual duties within the church.
• The document separates spiritual matters from the business of government.

Sinónimos: ecclesiastical, church

Antónimos: temporal, secular

Expresiones frecuentes: spiritual authority, spiritual duties, lords spiritual

espiritual

Canción cristiana tradicional, especialmente de la tradición musical afroamericana.

En inglés sencillo: A traditional Christian song, especially from the Black American musical tradition.

• The choir sang a spiritual.
• Her concert included several traditional spirituals.
• This spiritual expresses hope for freedom.

Expresiones frecuentes: traditional spiritual, sing a spiritual, old spiritual

asunto eclesiástico

Deber, cargo o asunto religioso, normalmente tratado junto con otros asuntos de la Iglesia.

En inglés sencillo: A religious duty, position, or matter, usually discussed together with other church affairs.

• The council discussed the church's spirituals.
• The bishop managed spirituals while others handled money.
• The old document lists spirituals among the duties of the office.

Sinónimos: religious affair

Expresiones frecuentes: the spirituals, church spirituals