estremo
extreme
adjective eh-STREH-moh Less Common
Origin: from Latin extremus 'outermost'
Also means
furthest
Usage Note
Estremo describes something at the very limit, as in sport estremi ('extreme sports'). It also yields the noun phrase gli estremi ('the details/particulars' of a document) and the religious estrema unzione ('last rites').
Examples
"Hanno preso una decisione estrema."
Natural Translation
They made an extreme decision.
Literal Translation
They-have taken a decision extreme.
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