gigantesco
Italian
Etymology
From gigante (“giant”) + -esco (“-like”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.ɡanˈte.sko/
- Rhymes: -esko
- Hyphenation: gi‧gan‧té‧sco
Adjective
gigantesco (feminine gigantesca, masculine plural giganteschi, feminine plural gigantesche)
- (relational) giant; gigantic, huge, colossal
- Synonyms: colossale, enorme, gigante
Derived terms
- gigantescamente
Further reading
- gigantesco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- toscaneggi
Portuguese
Etymology
From gigante + -esco.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒi.ɡɐ̃ˈtes.ku/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʒi.ɡɐ̃ˈteʃ.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒi.ɡɐ̃ˈtes.ko/
- Hyphenation: gi‧gan‧tes‧co
Adjective
gigantesco (feminine gigantesca, masculine plural gigantescos, feminine plural gigantescas)
- gigantic (very large)
Derived terms
- gigantescamente
Further reading
- “gigantesco” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
From gigante (“giant”) + -sco (“-esque”). Cognate with English gigantesque.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xiɡanˈtesko/ [xi.ɣ̞ãn̪ˈt̪es.ko]
- Rhymes: -esko
- Syllabification: gi‧gan‧tes‧co
Adjective
gigantesco (feminine gigantesca, masculine plural gigantescos, feminine plural gigantescas)
- gigantic, gigantesque; of a giant
Related terms
- agigantar
- gigante
- gigantez
- gigantismo
Further reading
- “gigantesco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014