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elevato

high

adjective eh-leh-VAH-toh Less Common
Descriptions & Qualities Degree

Also means

elevated

Usage Note

Elevato describes something high in degree or level, like prices, risk or quality, more formal than the plain alto. It is also the past participle of elevare ('to raise'), so you meet it in phrases like un numero elevato di ('a high number of').

Examples

"Il rischio è molto elevato."

Natural Translation

The risk is very high.

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