immenso
immense
adjective eem-MEN-zoh Rare
Origin: From Latin immensus (unmeasured).
Also means
vast
Usage Note
Immenso agrees in gender and number with its noun: immenso spazio (m), immensa pianura (f), immensi oceani (m pl), immense foreste (f pl). It is often used hyperbolically in everyday speech — un immenso piacere (a great pleasure) — not just for physical scale.
Examples
"Il mare è immenso."
Natural Translation
The sea is immense.
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