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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