grandioso
Spanish, adjective/ɡɾanˈdjoso/
grandioso is spelled G-R-A-N-D-I-O-S-O (9 letters) and appears 5.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 11,366th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grandioso is a Spanish adjective meaning “great, grandiose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que sobresale o destaca mucho por lo grande de alguna o de varias cualidades”.
What does grandioso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
great, grandiose
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que sobresale o destaca mucho por lo grande de alguna o de varias cualidades.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of grandioso
- grandiosa feminine
- grandiosos masculine plural
- grandiosas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce grandioso?
- /ɡɾanˈdjoso/
- [ɡɾãn̪ˈd̪jo.so]
- [gɾãn̪ˈd̪joso]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to grandioso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grandioso in Spanish?
grandioso appears 5.4 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).