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totale

total

noun toh-TAH-leh Common
Numbers & Measures Quantities

Origin: Medieval Latin totalis, from totus (all, whole)

Also means

whole

Usage Note

Totale functions as both noun (il totale della spesa — 'the total expenditure') and adjective (un fallimento totale — 'a total failure'). As an adjective it is invariable for gender. The adverb totalmente means 'totally/completely'. As a noun it is masculine; the plural is totali.

Examples

"Il totale della fattura ammonta a cento euro."

Natural Translation

The total of the invoice amounts to one hundred euros.

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