intenso

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intensus.

Adjective

intenso (feminine intensa, masculine plural intensos, feminine plural intensas)

1. intense, strong

Derived terms

• intensamente

Related terms

• intensidade

Further reading

• “intenso” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intēnsus. Doublet of inteso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈtɛn.so/
• Rhymes: -ɛnso
• Hyphenation: in‧tèn‧so

Adjective

intenso (feminine intensa, masculine plural intensi, feminine plural intense, superlative intensissimo)

1. intense, strong

   Synonyms: forte, profondo

2. intensive, busy, concentrated

   Synonyms: continuo, indaffarato

Derived terms

• intensamente
• intensificare
• intensimetro
• intensità

 

Related terms

• intensivo

Further reading

• intenso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• innesto, innestò, intonse

Latin

Adjective

intēnsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of intēnsus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin intēnsus (“stretched tight”), past participle of intendere (“to stretch out”), from in (“in, upon, to”) + tendere (“to stretch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ĩˈtẽ.su/

• Rhymes: -ẽsu
• Hyphenation: in‧ten‧so

Adjective

intenso (feminine intensa, masculine plural intensos, feminine plural intensas)

1. intense, strong
2. intensive, concentrated

Related terms

• intensidade
• intensivo

 

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intēnsus. Cf. entesar, inherited from a derivative of the same word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈtenso/ [ĩn̪ˈt̪ẽn.so]
• Rhymes: -enso
• Syllabification: in‧ten‧so

Adjective

intenso (feminine intensa, masculine plural intensos, feminine plural intensas, superlative intensísimo)

1. intense, strong
2. intensive

Related terms

• intensamente
• intensidad
• intensivo

 

Further reading

• “intenso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014