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meraviglioso

wonderful, marvellous

adjective meh-rah-vee-LYOH-zoh Rare

Usage Note

Meraviglioso comes from meraviglia (marvel, wonder) and is one of the most emphatic positive adjectives in Italian. The feminine form is meravigliosa; plurals are meravigliosi / meravigliose. In speech it often functions as an exclamation (Meraviglioso!) equivalent to 'Wonderful!' Note the 'gli' cluster, pronounced like the 'lli' in 'million'.

Examples

"Abbiamo trascorso una giornata meravigliosa."

Natural Translation

We spent a wonderful day.

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