immenso

Italian

Etymology

From Latin immēnsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /imˈmɛn.so/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnso
• Hyphenation: im‧mèn‧so

Adjective

immenso (feminine immensa, masculine plural immensi, feminine plural immense)

1. immense, huge, vast, enormous, boundless

   Synonyms: enorme, gigantesco, profondo, sconfinato, vasto

   Immenso, immenso Fthà, del mondo spirito fecondator, ah! ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) (Verdi, "Aida")

Related terms

• immensità
• immensamente

Latin

Adjective

immēnsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of immēnsus

Portuguese

Adjective

immenso (feminine immensa, masculine plural immensos, feminine plural immensas)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of imenso
   • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Contas [Bills]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives]‎^[1], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, pages 144–145:

     Apparentemente resignado, sentia um odio immenso a qualquer coisa que era ao mesmo tempo a campina secca, o patrão, os soldados e os agentes da prefeitura.

     Clearly frustrated, he felt an immense hatred for something that was, all at once, the dry countryside, his employer, the policemen, and the government officials.