intenso

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Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin intensus.

Adjective

intenso (feminine intensa, masculine plural intensos, feminine plural intensas)

  1. intense, strong

Derived terms

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intēnsus. Doublet of inteso.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈtɛn.so/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnso
  • Hyphenation: in‧tèn‧so

Adjective

intenso (feminine intensa, masculine plural intensi, feminine plural intense, superlative intensissimo)

  1. intense, strong
    Synonyms: forte, profondo
  2. intensive, busy, concentrated
    Synonyms: continuo, indaffarato

Derived terms

Further reading

  • intenso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

intēnsō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of intēnsus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin intēnsus (“stretched tight”), past participle of intendere (“to stretch out”), from in (“in, upon, to”) + tendere (“to stretch”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ẽsu
  • Hyphenation: in‧ten‧so

Adjective

intenso (feminine intensa, masculine plural intensos, feminine plural intensas)

  1. intense, strong
  2. intensive, concentrated

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intēnsus. Cf. entesar, inherited from a derivative of the same word.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈtenso/
  • Rhymes: -enso
  • Syllabification: in‧ten‧so

Adjective

intenso (feminine intensa, masculine plural intensos, feminine plural intensas, superlative intensísimo)

  1. intense, strong
  2. intensive

Further reading

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