Also means
insufferable
Usage Note
Insopportabile is invariable for gender — un rumore insopportabile, una persona insopportabile — and adds -i in the plural: rumori insopportabili, persone insopportabili. It is formed from in- (negative) + sopportare (to bear/endure) + -bile (able to). Informal speakers often intensify it with proprio or davvero: è proprio insopportabile!
Examples
"Il caldo di agosto è insopportabile in città."
Natural Translation
The August heat is unbearable in the city.
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