The concept of spectacular is normally applicable to situations, events, phenomena or other conditions that have something wonderful, splendid and eye-catching. Clearly, the word spectacular comes from the idea of spectacle, which is why spectacular will be anything that meets these characteristics.
In order to better understand what something spectacular is, we could start by defining what a show is. The word spectacle is used to designate everything that is observed and that is intended to be enjoyed. The term comes from the Latin spectare, a verb that means neither more nor less than to look, contemplate, observe. The show is not created just to be seen but to be observed, which already implies greater care and dedication than what the simple act of seeing can represent. Thus, the show is something that catches our attention and that is designed with a clear objective that is to obtain the gaze or observation of those who become spectators. There are shows of all kinds and although the word is normally related to the 'world of entertainment', with famous people and celebrities, something as simple as the growth of a flower, the first steps of a baby, a kiss, a food enjoyed are all little shows that one watches and enjoys in very different ways.
Thus, everything that fulfills the role of becoming a show will be spectacular. Usually the word is used for bombastic phenomena such as a theatrical show, a fireworks show, a movie, but it can also be used for example when talking about the act of witnessing a sunrise, of a way of acting or of manage that a person can have, a work of art, etc.
In all cases, the underlying idea when we speak of something as spectacular is one that tells us that different sensations, usually positive, are generated in the viewer or in the one who observes the phenomenon, which takes them out of their place and surprises them. , they amaze him. Otherwise, indifference would not make us say that something is spectacular, so when we use the term we do it to represent our surprise, interest and wonder.
