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immenso

immense

adjective eem-MEN-zoh Rare

Origin: From Latin immensus (unmeasured).

Also means

vast

Usage Note

Immenso agrees in gender and number with its noun: immenso spazio (m), immensa pianura (f), immensi oceani (m pl), immense foreste (f pl). It is often used hyperbolically in everyday speech — un immenso piacere (a great pleasure) — not just for physical scale.

Examples

"Il mare è immenso."

Natural Translation

The sea is immense.

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