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grandezza

greatness

noun grahn-DET-tsah Rare

Also means

size

Usage Note

Grandezza covers both abstract greatness (la grandezza di un artista) and concrete size or magnitude (la grandezza di un oggetto). In science, grandezza is the standard term for a physical quantity (grandezza fisica). The double -zz- is held across the syllable break: grahn-DET-tsah.

Examples

"La grandezza di quel palazzo mi ha stupito."

Natural Translation

The size of that building amazed me.

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