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gigantesco

Portuguese, adjective/ʒi.ɡɐ̃ˈtes.ku/

gigantesco is spelled G-I-G-A-N-T-E-S-C-O (10 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,093rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gigantesco is a Portuguese adjective meaning “gigantic (very large)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade do que é gigante; que diz respeito a gigante”.

What does gigantesco mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    gigantic (very large)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. qualidade do que é gigante; que diz respeito a gigante: 2. enorme, extraordinário, desmesurado:

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of gigantesco

  • gigantesca feminine
  • gigantescos masculine plural
  • gigantescas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce gigantesco?

  • Brazil /ʒi.ɡɐ̃ˈtes.ku/
  • /ʒi.ɡɐ̃ˈteʃ.ku/
  • Portugal /ʒi.ɡɐ̃.ˈteʃ.ku/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to gigantesco

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is gigantesco in Portuguese?

gigantesco appears 4.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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