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colossale

colossal

adjective koh-los-SAH-leh Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Sizes & Shapes

Origin: From Latin colossalis, from colossus 'giant statue'

Also means

enormous

Usage Note

Colossale is invariable for gender — it ends in -e and thus has the same form for masculine and feminine (un errore colossale, una stupidità colossale). In informal speech it can mean 'spectacularly bad,' as in una gaffe colossale ('a monumental blunder').

Examples

"È stato un successo colossale."

Natural Translation

It was a colossal success.

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