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terribile

terrible

adjective tehr-REE-bee-leh Less Common

Origin: from Latin 'terribilis'

Also means

dreadful

Usage Note

Terribile ends in -e, so it has just one singular form for both genders, pluralising to terribili. Colloquially it can mean 'tremendous' in either direction, as in un bambino terribile (a holy terror).

Examples

"È stata una giornata terribile."

Natural Translation

It was a terrible day.

Literal Translation

It-is been a day terrible.

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