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intensità

intensity

noun een-ten-see-TAH Less Common

Usage Note

Intensità ends in a written accent and is invariable in the plural — l'intensità and le intensità look identical. This is a trait of all Italian nouns ending in a stressed -à (città, libertà). The derived adjective is intenso ('intense').

Examples

"L'intensità del dolore era insopportabile."

Natural Translation

The intensity of the pain was unbearable.

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