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Italian
Etymology
From spavento + -oso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spa.venˈto.zo/, (traditional) /spa.venˈto.so/
- Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
- Hyphenation: spa‧ven‧tó‧so
Adjective
spaventoso (feminine spaventosa, masculine plural spaventosi, feminine plural spaventose)
- frightful, dreadful, frightening, terrible, horrible
- Synonyms: spaventevole, orribile, terribile
- incredible, fantastic, tremendous, huge
- Synonyms: enorme, fantastico, incredibile, tremendo, straordinario
- appalling, parlous
Derived terms