descomunal
Catalan
Etymology
From older descominal, influenced by Spanish descomunal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [dəs.ku.muˈnal]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [dəs.ko.muˈnal]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [des.ko.muˈnal]
Adjective
descomunal m or f (masculine and feminine plural descomunals)
- extraordinary
- Synonym: extraordinari
Derived terms
Further reading
- “descomunal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “descomunal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “descomunal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /des.ko.muˈnaw/ [des.ko.muˈnaʊ̯], /d͡ʒis.ko.muˈnaw/ [d͡ʒis.ko.muˈnaʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʃ.ko.muˈnaw/ [deʃ.ko.muˈnaʊ̯], /d͡ʒiʃ.ko.muˈnaw/ [d͡ʒiʃ.ko.muˈnaʊ̯]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /des.ko.muˈnaw/ [des.ko.muˈnaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.ku.muˈnal/ [dɨʃ.ku.muˈnaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.ku.muˈna.li/
- Hyphenation: des‧co‧mu‧nal
Adjective
descomunal m or f (plural descomunais)
- extraordinary
- Synonyms: extraordinário, fantástico
- enormous, huge, colossal
Further reading
- “descomunal”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deskomuˈnal/ [d̪es.ko.muˈnal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: des‧co‧mu‧nal
Adjective
descomunal m or f (masculine and feminine plural descomunales)
- extraordinary
- Synonym: extraordinario
- enormous, huge
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 75:
- El Lampalagua es un reptil descomunal, de extraordinaria voracidad. Devora indistintamente cuanto encuentra a su paso, ya sea para saciar su apetito, ya para remover obstáculos que embarazan su camino.
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “descomunal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024