Also means
tremendous
Usage Note
Tremendo originally meant 'causing trembling' (from tremare, to tremble) but in modern Italian it is used colloquially both for something very bad (un caldo tremendo, a terrible heat) and hyperbolically for something very intense or impressive. Context determines the register. The adverb is tremendamente.
Examples
"Fa un caldo tremendo oggi."
Natural Translation
It is terribly hot today.
Literal Translation
It-makes a heat tremendous today.
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