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grossolano

coarse

adjective gros-soh-LAH-noh Rare

Also means

crude

Usage Note

Grossolano agrees in gender and number: un errore grossolano, una bugia grossolana. It describes both physical coarseness (rough texture) and figurative coarseness (crude behaviour, a glaring mistake). Do not confuse with grosso (big/large), of which it is a derivative with a distinctly negative connotation.

Examples

"Ha commesso un errore grossolano."

Natural Translation

He made a coarse mistake.

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