imenso

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin immēnsus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iˈmẽ.su/

  • Hyphenation: i‧men‧so

Adjective

imenso (feminine imensa, masculine plural imensos, feminine plural imensas)

  1. immense

Adverb

imenso (comparable, comparative mais imenso, superlative o mais imenso)

  1. (Portugal) immensely, very much

Usage notes

  • In European Portuguese, the word’s first syllable is occasionally nasalized. This is reminiscent of the word’s original spelling, immenso.
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