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sconfinato

boundless

adjective skon-fee-NAH-toh Rare
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Also means

vast

Usage Note

Sconfinato literally means 'without borders' (sconfinare = to cross a border), but is used figuratively to mean immense or limitless: una pianura sconfinata ('a boundless plain'), fiducia sconfinata ('boundless trust'). It always follows the noun it modifies for greatest emphasis.

Examples

"Davanti a noi si apriva una pianura sconfinata."

Natural Translation

Before us stretched a boundless plain.

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