magical ability

1 7.9

Power to do magic or impossible things

noun
/ˈmædʒɪkəl əˈbɪləti/

: habilidad mágica

He's got that magical ability to stand tall, talent-wise, in the worst dreck, and he's always scarily effective in period films.
almost magical ability
magical ability to make

She's studying things and she's also got some clear magical abilities.

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Examples

We also gave you a way to control and utilize your magical ability.

Fiction book (1992)
And she has magical abilities, so you can't just make her into a Witcher.
For seventeen years, Herman traveled Asia, Africa, and Europe perfecting his magical abilities.

Academic text (2007)
With her magical ability, she easily turned the ordinary into the extraordinary.
He discovered his magical ability to heal wounds during an emergency.
The magician showcased his magical ability by pulling a rabbit out of a hat.

Synonyms

superpower

vsmagical ability

86 4.9

A strong, often magical, ability a person has in stories about heroes

is a general supernatural faculty rather than an extraordinary fictional trait

magical power

vsmagical ability

8 7.2

Ability to make things happen in ways that break natural rules

is the same meaning but phrased slightly differently

Antonyms

inability

177 2.8

Not able to do something you need to do

powerlessness

9 5.8

A feeling of being unable to control or change what happens

How Magical

omnipotence

8 9.0

magical ability

1 7.9

Surface Forms

magical ability singular

magical abilities plural

Morphology

magical + ability

The phrase is fully compositional: 'magical' (relating to magic or the supernatural) modifies 'ability' (capacity or power), so the combined meaning 'power to perform magic' follows directly from the constituents. This is a common, cross-linguistic noun + adjective pattern and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.

Etymology

Magical ability brings together magical (about magic) and ability (a 'skill' or 'power'). Imagine a person with a hidden spark that lets them 'perform magic', so the phrase means 'the power to perform magic'.