tremendo

Galician

Etymology 1

From Latin tremendus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɾeˈmendʊ]

Adjective

tremendo (feminine tremenda, masculine plural tremendos, feminine plural tremendas)

1. awful, dreadful, terrifying, terrible
2. tremendous, enormous

   Antonyms: mínimo, minúsculo

3. surprising

Synonyms

• (terrible, dreadful): espantoso, tremebundo
• (tremendous, enormous): colosal, enorme

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tremendo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tremendo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tremendo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

tremendo

1. gerund of tremer

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tremendus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /treˈmɛn.do/
• Rhymes: -ɛndo
• Hyphenation: tre‧mèn‧do

Adjective

tremendo (feminine tremenda, masculine plural tremendi, feminine plural tremende)

1. terrible, awful, dreadful (all senses)

Derived terms

• tremendamente

Anagrams

• dormente, mordente

Latin

Participle

tremendō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of tremendus

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese tremendo and Spanish tremendo.

Adjective

tremendo

1. tremendous
2. very good

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾeˈmẽ.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾeˈmẽ.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾeˈmẽ.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɨˈmẽ.du/

• Hyphenation: tre‧men‧do

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin tremendus.

Adjective

tremendo (feminine tremenda, masculine plural tremendos, feminine plural tremendas)

1. tremendous (very large or great)

   Tenho uma tremenda quantidade de trabalho para fazer.

   I have got a tremendous amount of work to do.

Derived terms

• tremendamente

Etymology 2

Verb

tremendo

1. gerund of tremer

Further reading

• “tremendo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “tremendo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin tremendus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾeˈmendo/ [t̪ɾeˈmẽn̪.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -endo
• Syllabification: tre‧men‧do

Adjective

tremendo (feminine tremenda, masculine plural tremendos, feminine plural tremendas)

1. tremendous

   Synonym: formidable

Derived terms

• tomar a la tremenda

 

Further reading

• “tremendo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10