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estremo

extreme

adjective eh-STREH-moh Less Common

Origin: from Latin extremus 'outermost'

Also means

furthest

Usage Note

Estremo describes something at the very limit, as in sport estremi ('extreme sports'). It also yields the noun phrase gli estremi ('the details/particulars' of a document) and the religious estrema unzione ('last rites').

Examples

"Hanno preso una decisione estrema."

Natural Translation

They made an extreme decision.

Literal Translation

They-have taken a decision extreme.

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