enorme

adj.

enormous, huge.

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enorme

► adjetivo

1 (grande) enormous, huge, vast

2 (desmedido) tremendous, great

3 familiar (muy bueno) very good, excellent

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adj.

enormous

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ADJ

1) (=muy grande) enormous, huge

2) * (=estupendo) killing *, marvellous

cuando imita al profe es enorme — when he takes off the teacher he's killing *

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adjetivo <edificio/animal/suma> huge, enormous; <zona> vast, huge

sentí una pena enorme — I felt tremendously sad

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= deep [deeper -comp., deepest -sup.], enormous, exponential, extensive, huge, infinite, mammoth, massive, monumental, prodigious, intense, abysmal, Herculean, colossal, of epic proportions, monstrous, a monster of a, Herculanian.

Ex. The world's largest processing department's plans and policies are always of deep interest.

Ex. In coventional libraries, such searches usually involve an enormous amount of time and energy.

Ex. Information technology continues to develop at an exponential rate.

Ex. The minutely detailed classification is of the type appropriate to an extensive collection.

Ex. A user searching for Smith's 'History as Argument' who was not sure under which subject it would be entered, would have to prowl through a huge number of cards in a card catalog to find the entry under SMITH.

Ex. It is still the same inexorably literal logic which must ultimately glance into the chaos, and small differences create infinite displacements between records.

Ex. The only problem is the mammoth task of interfiling new cards, especially in catalogues where there are large numbers of new or amended entries.

Ex. When the use of all synonymous terms would result in a massive duplication of A/Z subject index entries 'see references' are employed.

Ex. She was chairperson of the Task Force that in 1972 wrote a monumental report about discrimination against women in the library profession.

Ex. The summation of human experience is being expanded at a prodigious rate, and the means we use for threading through the consequent maze to the momentarily important item is the same as was used in the days of square-rigged ships.

Ex. Mexico is undergoing an intense epidemiological transition characterised by a decline in the incidence of infectious diseases and a rapid increase in the importance of chronic illnesses and accidents.

Ex. The major problem encountered in encouraging young adults to use public libraries is the abysmal lack of specialist young adult librarians = El principal problema que se encuentra para es incentivar a los jóvenes a usar las bibliotecas públicas es la enorme falta de bibliotecarios especialistas en temas relacionados con los adolescentes.

Ex. A task of Herculean proportions is how some members of Senate describe it.

Ex. University libraries have a problem in theft of books which is running at a colossal rate.

Ex. Even though they are not as long as I think they should be, many of the stories are of epic proportions and many of them are very entertaining.

Ex. Bogardus privately resolved that nothing would induce her to assent to this monstrous possibility.

Ex. Hurricane Rita became a monster of a storm as it gathered strength over the Gulf of Mexico.

Ex. The Ibbs family where founder members of this Herculanian pottery in Liverpool, England.

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* boquete enorme = gaping hole.

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adjetivo <edificio/animal/suma> huge, enormous; <zona> vast, huge

sentí una pena enorme — I felt tremendously sad

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= deep [deeper -comp., deepest -sup.], enormous, exponential, extensive, huge, infinite, mammoth, massive, monumental, prodigious, intense, abysmal, Herculean, colossal, of epic proportions, monstrous, a monster of a, Herculanian.

Ex: The world's largest processing department's plans and policies are always of deep interest.

Ex: In coventional libraries, such searches usually involve an enormous amount of time and energy.

Ex: Information technology continues to develop at an exponential rate.

Ex: The minutely detailed classification is of the type appropriate to an extensive collection.

Ex: A user searching for Smith's 'History as Argument' who was not sure under which subject it would be entered, would have to prowl through a huge number of cards in a card catalog to find the entry under SMITH.

Ex: It is still the same inexorably literal logic which must ultimately glance into the chaos, and small differences create infinite displacements between records.

Ex: The only problem is the mammoth task of interfiling new cards, especially in catalogues where there are large numbers of new or amended entries.

Ex: When the use of all synonymous terms would result in a massive duplication of A/Z subject index entries 'see references' are employed.

Ex: She was chairperson of the Task Force that in 1972 wrote a monumental report about discrimination against women in the library profession.

Ex: The summation of human experience is being expanded at a prodigious rate, and the means we use for threading through the consequent maze to the momentarily important item is the same as was used in the days of square-rigged ships.

Ex: Mexico is undergoing an intense epidemiological transition characterised by a decline in the incidence of infectious diseases and a rapid increase in the importance of chronic illnesses and accidents.

Ex: The major problem encountered in encouraging young adults to use public libraries is the abysmal lack of specialist young adult librarians = El principal problema que se encuentra para es incentivar a los jóvenes a usar las bibliotecas públicas es la enorme falta de bibliotecarios especialistas en temas relacionados con los adolescentes.

Ex: A task of Herculean proportions is how some members of Senate describe it.

Ex: University libraries have a problem in theft of books which is running at a colossal rate.

Ex: Even though they are not as long as I think they should be, many of the stories are of epic proportions and many of them are very entertaining.

Ex: Bogardus privately resolved that nothing would induce her to assent to this monstrous possibility.

Ex: Hurricane Rita became a monster of a storm as it gathered strength over the Gulf of Mexico.

Ex: The Ibbs family where founder members of this Herculanian pottery in Liverpool, England.

* boquete enorme = gaping hole.

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enorme

adjective

‹edificio/animal› huge, enormous; ‹aumento/suma› huge, enormous, vast; ‹zona› vast, huge

la diferencia es enorme the difference is enormous o huge

tiene unas manos enormes he has huge o enormous hands

sentí una pena enorme I felt tremendously sad o a tremendous sense of sadness

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enorme adjetivo ‹edificio/animal/suma› huge, enormous;
‹zona› vast, huge;

◊ sentí una pena enorme I felt tremendously sad

enorme adjetivo enormous, huge: vimos un elefante enorme, we saw an enormous elephant
(de consideración) un enorme error, a clanger

'enorme' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
atroz
- botija
- congratularse
- desnivel
- estrepitosa
- estrepitoso
- satisfacción
- soberana
- soberano
- sofoco
- supina
- supino
English:
effective
- enormous
- face
- gaping
- ginormous
- huge
- immense
- massive
- monstrous
- monumental
- vast
- whopper
- world
- derive
- extreme
- gigantic
- it
- prodigious
- scar
- yawning

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enorme adj

1. [muy grande] [objeto, persona, cantidad] huge, enormous;

[defecto, error] huge;

estos animales tienen una enorme capacidad para reproducirse these creatures have an enormous reproductive capacity;

una torre de enorme altura an enormously tall tower;

tu hijo está ya enorme your son's really huge;

le invadía una enorme tristeza he was overcome by a great sadness

2. Fam [excelente] great, fantastic

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enorme

adj enormous, huge

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enorme adj

inmenso: enormous, huge

♦ enormemente adv

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enorme adj enormous / huge