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gargantuan

  • 1 grandísimo

    • gargantuan
    • giga
    • gigantically
    • very great
    • very large

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > grandísimo

  • 2 inmenso

    • gargantuan
    • huge
    • immense
    • swingeing
    • unbounded
    • vast

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > inmenso

  • 3 colosal

    adj.
    1 colossal (estatura, tamaño).
    2 great, enormous (extraordinario).
    * * *
    1 colossal, giant, huge
    2 figurado splendid, excellent
    * * *
    ADJ [edificio, montaña] colossal; [comida, fiesta] amazing *, fantastic *
    * * *
    adjetivo <estatua/obra/fortuna> colossal; <ambiente/idea> (fam) great (colloq)
    * * *
    = gargantuan, mammoth, colossal, of epic proportions, epic, larger-than-life, titanic.
    Ex. Prior to this appointment, he was Director of LC's Processing Department where his span of authority included traditional library processing functions on a gargantuan scale.
    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. 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. Unmindful of the epic moves that made it what it is today, Elwood Bibeau fastened his seat belt as his plane approached the Wexler airport.
    Ex. Significant political events often summon forth larger-than-life figures and the inevitable clash of titans.
    Ex. He wrote about the titanic struggle of human physical and moral forces to be freed from this material world.
    * * *
    adjetivo <estatua/obra/fortuna> colossal; <ambiente/idea> (fam) great (colloq)
    * * *
    = gargantuan, mammoth, colossal, of epic proportions, epic, larger-than-life, titanic.

    Ex: Prior to this appointment, he was Director of LC's Processing Department where his span of authority included traditional library processing functions on a gargantuan scale.

    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: 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: Unmindful of the epic moves that made it what it is today, Elwood Bibeau fastened his seat belt as his plane approached the Wexler airport.
    Ex: Significant political events often summon forth larger-than-life figures and the inevitable clash of titans.
    Ex: He wrote about the titanic struggle of human physical and moral forces to be freed from this material world.

    * * *
    1 ‹estatua/palacio› colossal, gigantic; ‹empresa/obra› huge; ‹riqueza/fortuna› colossal, enormous, vast
    2 ( fam); ‹ambiente/película/idea› great ( colloq)
    * * *

    colosal adjetivo ‹estatua/obra/fortuna› colossal;
    ‹ambiente/idea› (fam) great (colloq)
    colosal adjetivo
    1 (grande) colossal
    2 (magnífico, extraordinario) great, fantastic: este parque de atracciones es colosal, this amusement park is fantastic
    ' colosal' also found in these entries:
    English:
    colossal
    - mammoth
    - epic
    * * *
    colosal adj
    1. [estatura, tamaño] colossal
    2. [extraordinario] enormous;
    [descaro] incredible;
    el tenor estuvo colosal the tenor was amazing o sensational
    * * *
    adj colossal
    * * *
    colosal adj
    : colossal

    Spanish-English dictionary > colosal

  • 4 gigantesco

    adj.
    giant-sized, enormous, gigantic, colossal.
    * * *
    1 giant, gigantic, giant-size
    * * *
    (f. - gigantesca)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ gigantic, giant antes de s
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo huge, gigantic

    fue una empresa gigantesca — it was a massive o mammoth undertaking

    * * *
    = enormous, gargantuan, giant, mammoth, gigantic, monstrous, Herculean, ginormous, humongous [humungous], colossal, a monster of a, titanic, Herculanian, gianormous.
    Nota: Formado por la combinación de giant y enormous.
    Ex. In coventional libraries, such searches usually involve an enormous amount of time and energy.
    Ex. Prior to this appointment, he was Director of LC's Processing Department where his span of authority included traditional library processing functions on a gargantuan scale.
    Ex. The increasing demand for paper of all sorts, which the giant productivity of the Fourdrinier machine could easily meet, resulted in a parallel demand for rags which was soon outstripping the supply.
    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. Suddenly, the smell struck his nostrils -- the pungency of processed corn syrup, as if the car had gone off the road and fallen into the neck of a gigantic bottle of syrup.
    Ex. Bogardus privately resolved that nothing would induce her to assent to this monstrous possibility.
    Ex. A task of Herculean proportions is how some members of Senate describe it.
    Ex. They have a ginormous share of the market!.
    Ex. The word ' humongous' first darted onto the linguistic stage only about 1968 but hit the big time almost immediately and has been with us ever since.
    Ex. University libraries have a problem in theft of books which is running at a colossal rate.
    Ex. Hurricane Rita became a monster of a storm as it gathered strength over the Gulf of Mexico.
    Ex. He wrote about the titanic struggle of human physical and moral forces to be freed from this material world.
    Ex. The Ibbs family where founder members of this Herculanian pottery in Liverpool, England.
    Ex. The upside, and its a gianormous upside, is that there is so much variety.
    ----
    * de tamaño gigantesco = wall-sized.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo huge, gigantic

    fue una empresa gigantesca — it was a massive o mammoth undertaking

    * * *
    = enormous, gargantuan, giant, mammoth, gigantic, monstrous, Herculean, ginormous, humongous [humungous], colossal, a monster of a, titanic, Herculanian, gianormous.
    Nota: Formado por la combinación de giant y enormous.

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

    Ex: Prior to this appointment, he was Director of LC's Processing Department where his span of authority included traditional library processing functions on a gargantuan scale.
    Ex: The increasing demand for paper of all sorts, which the giant productivity of the Fourdrinier machine could easily meet, resulted in a parallel demand for rags which was soon outstripping the supply.
    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: Suddenly, the smell struck his nostrils -- the pungency of processed corn syrup, as if the car had gone off the road and fallen into the neck of a gigantic bottle of syrup.
    Ex: Bogardus privately resolved that nothing would induce her to assent to this monstrous possibility.
    Ex: A task of Herculean proportions is how some members of Senate describe it.
    Ex: They have a ginormous share of the market!.
    Ex: The word ' humongous' first darted onto the linguistic stage only about 1968 but hit the big time almost immediately and has been with us ever since.
    Ex: University libraries have a problem in theft of books which is running at a colossal rate.
    Ex: Hurricane Rita became a monster of a storm as it gathered strength over the Gulf of Mexico.
    Ex: He wrote about the titanic struggle of human physical and moral forces to be freed from this material world.
    Ex: The Ibbs family where founder members of this Herculanian pottery in Liverpool, England.
    Ex: The upside, and its a gianormous upside, is that there is so much variety.
    * de tamaño gigantesco = wall-sized.

    * * *
    de dimensiones gigantescas of gigantic o giant proportions
    un palacio gigantesco a huge o gigantic palace
    fue una empresa gigantesca it was a massive o mammoth o huge undertaking
    * * *

    gigantesco
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    huge, gigantic

    ' gigantesco' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    gigantesco-a
    English:
    gigantic
    - mammoth
    - monster
    - giant
    - monstrous
    - out
    * * *
    gigantesco, -a adj
    gigantic
    * * *
    adj gigantic
    * * *
    gigantesco, -ca adj
    : gigantic, huge
    * * *
    gigantesco adj gigantic

    Spanish-English dictionary > gigantesco

  • 5 gargantuesco

    * * *
    gargantuan
    un apetito gargantuesco a gargantuan appetite

    Spanish-English dictionary > gargantuesco

  • 6 pantagruélico

    adj.
    Pantagruelian, gargantuan.
    * * *
    1 Pantagruelian
    * * *
    ADJ lavish
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo Pantagruelian (liter)
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo Pantagruelian (liter)
    * * *
    Pantagruelian ( liter)
    * * *
    pantagruélico, -a adj
    gargantuan, enormous
    * * *
    adj fig
    huge

    Spanish-English dictionary > pantagruélico

  • 7 gargantúa

    1 (gigante) giant
    2 (persona voraz) person of gargantuan appetites
    tiene un apetito de gargantúa he has a gargantuan appetite
    * * *
    big eater, glutton

    Spanish-English dictionary > gargantúa

  • 8 desaforado

    adj.
    1 excessive, desperate, out of control.
    2 lawless.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: desaforar.
    * * *
    1 (exagerado) huge, enormous, terrible
    2 (escandaloso) outrageous
    * * *
    ADJ [comportamiento] outrageous; [persona] lawless, disorderly; [grito] ear-splitting

    es un desaforado — he's a violent sort, he's dangerously excitable

    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo < ambición> unbridled, boundless; < grito> terrible
    II
    - da masculino, femenino

    como un desaforado — < correr> hell for leather; < gritar> at the top of one's voice

    * * *
    = raging, intemperate, riotous, outrageous, excessive, desperate, out-of-control, wild [wilder -comp., wildest -sup.], ardent.
    Ex. This problem is unlikely to be solved during a period of raging inflation and cutbacks in education spending = Es poco probable que este problema se resuelva durante un período de inflación disparada y recortes en los gastos en la educación.
    Ex. From hermeneutics to the most intemperate positivism, the real challenge is that of conceiving a general methodology.
    Ex. I'd like to see the full force of the law brought down on these people who are involved in this riotous behaviour.
    Ex. There must be few other ways of leaving oneself so vulnerable to the slings and arrows of outrageous (or outraged) critics.
    Ex. Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.
    Ex. Compassion shadowed the trustee's face -- she could see he was desperate -- and compassion was in her voice as she answered: 'All right, I'll go over this afternoon'.
    Ex. This article discusses the out-of-control situation of federal paperwork and the consequent burdens it places on the US public and business sector.
    Ex. The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.
    Ex. Significantly, however, Panizzi's rules did not prove as viable as did his ideology, and they were promptly and materially changed and recast by his most ardent admirers and followers.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo < ambición> unbridled, boundless; < grito> terrible
    II
    - da masculino, femenino

    como un desaforado — < correr> hell for leather; < gritar> at the top of one's voice

    * * *
    = raging, intemperate, riotous, outrageous, excessive, desperate, out-of-control, wild [wilder -comp., wildest -sup.], ardent.

    Ex: This problem is unlikely to be solved during a period of raging inflation and cutbacks in education spending = Es poco probable que este problema se resuelva durante un período de inflación disparada y recortes en los gastos en la educación.

    Ex: From hermeneutics to the most intemperate positivism, the real challenge is that of conceiving a general methodology.
    Ex: I'd like to see the full force of the law brought down on these people who are involved in this riotous behaviour.
    Ex: There must be few other ways of leaving oneself so vulnerable to the slings and arrows of outrageous (or outraged) critics.
    Ex: Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.
    Ex: Compassion shadowed the trustee's face -- she could see he was desperate -- and compassion was in her voice as she answered: 'All right, I'll go over this afternoon'.
    Ex: This article discusses the out-of-control situation of federal paperwork and the consequent burdens it places on the US public and business sector.
    Ex: The letter sent Tomas Hernandez into a frenzy of conflicting reactions: ecstatic jubilation and ego-tripping, wild speculation and outrageous fantasy, compounded by confusion and indirection.
    Ex: Significantly, however, Panizzi's rules did not prove as viable as did his ideology, and they were promptly and materially changed and recast by his most ardent admirers and followers.

    * * *
    1 ‹fiesta› riotous, wild; ‹ambición› unbridled, boundless; ‹grito› terrible
    2 ‹partidario/nacionalista› ardent, fervent
    masculine, feminine
    se puso a comer como un desaforado he started eating as if he hadn't eaten in a week
    corrieron como desaforados they ran hell for leather o like crazy ( colloq)
    gritaba como un desaforado he was shouting at the top of his voice o like a madman, he was shouting his head off ( colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo desaforar: ( conjugate desaforar)

    desaforado es:

    el participio

    desaforado
    ◊ -da sustantivo masculino, femenino: como un desaforado ‹ correr› hell for leather;


    ‹ gritar› at the top of one's voice
    ' desaforado' also found in these entries:
    English:
    wild
    * * *
    desaforado, -a
    ♦ adj
    [gritos, baile, carrera] wild; [ambición, codicia, deseo] unbridled, wild; [celebración, fiesta] wild; [comilona, borrachera] enormous, gargantuan
    ♦ nm,f
    los hinchas gritaban como desaforados the fans screamed wildly;
    bailaba/comía como un desaforado he danced/ate like a man possessed
    * * *
    adj
    1 ambición boundless
    2 grito ear-splitting

    Spanish-English dictionary > desaforado

  • 9 inmenso

    adj.
    immense, huge, vast, gargantuan.
    * * *
    1 immense, vast
    * * *
    (f. - inmensa)
    adj.
    immense, vast
    * * *
    ADJ [llanura, océano, fortuna] vast, immense; [objeto, ciudad, número] enormous; [alegría, tristeza, esfuerzo] tremendous, immense; [talento] enormous, immense
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo <fortuna/cantidad> immense, vast, huge; <casa/camión> huge, enormous; <alegría/pena> great, immense
    * * *
    = huge, immense, unbelievable, immeasurable, monstrous, a monster of a.
    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 true that assignments were being heaped upon him with immense rapidity, but he would be able to sort them out and contrive solutions.
    Ex. The development of digital technology has hastened this process until the point where we are today: the capacity to produce unbelievable volumes of information.
    Ex. Immeasurable recognition can be gained from increasing the library's responsiveness to the business community.
    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.
    ----
    * con una inmensa cantidad de = overflowing with.
    * en la inmensa mayoría = overwhelmingly.
    * una inmensa cantidad de = a treasure chest of, a huge number of.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo <fortuna/cantidad> immense, vast, huge; <casa/camión> huge, enormous; <alegría/pena> great, immense
    * * *
    = huge, immense, unbelievable, immeasurable, monstrous, a monster of a.

    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 true that assignments were being heaped upon him with immense rapidity, but he would be able to sort them out and contrive solutions.
    Ex: The development of digital technology has hastened this process until the point where we are today: the capacity to produce unbelievable volumes of information.
    Ex: Immeasurable recognition can be gained from increasing the library's responsiveness to the business community.
    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.
    * con una inmensa cantidad de = overflowing with.
    * en la inmensa mayoría = overwhelmingly.
    * una inmensa cantidad de = a treasure chest of, a huge number of.

    * * *
    inmenso -sa
    ‹fortuna/cantidad› immense, vast, huge; ‹casa/camión› huge, enormous; ‹alegría/pena› great, immense
    sentía por ella un inmenso cariño he was extremely fond of her
    ¡cómo ha crecido! ¡si está inmenso! hasn't he grown! he's absolutely huge!
    esa blusa te queda inmensa that blouse is far too big for you
    * * *

    inmenso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo ‹fortuna/cantidad› immense, vast, huge;


    ‹casa/camión› huge, enormous;
    ‹alegría/pena› great, immense;
    ◊ ¡es inmenso! it's absolutely huge!

    inmenso,-a adjetivo immense, vast

    ' inmenso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    inmensa
    English:
    immense
    - enormous
    - vast
    * * *
    inmenso, -a adj
    1. [grande] [lago, continente] immense, vast;
    [camión, casa] enormous, huge
    2. [profundo] deep;
    sintió una inmensa alegría she felt deeply o tremendously happy
    3. Fam [fantástico] marvellous, wonderful;
    es un escritor inmenso he's a marvellous writer;
    el tenor estuvo inmenso the tenor was wonderful
    * * *
    adj immense
    * * *
    inmenso, -sa adj
    enorme: immense, huge, vast
    ♦ inmensamente adv
    * * *
    inmenso adj
    1. (en tamaño) enormous / immense

    Spanish-English dictionary > inmenso

  • 10 de tamańo gigantesco

    • enormous
    • gargantuan

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > de tamańo gigantesco

  • 11 enorme

    • colossal
    • elephantine
    • enormous
    • gargantuan
    • huge
    • immense
    • king-size
    • swingeing
    • vast

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > enorme

  • 12 gigantesco

    • colossal
    • enormous
    • gargantuan
    • giga
    • gigantically
    • hulking

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > gigantesco

  • 13 muy grande

    • as big as all outdoors
    • enormous
    • gargantuan
    • very large
    • very sizeable
    • volumetry
    • voluminous book

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > muy grande

См. также в других словарях:

  • Gargantuan — Gar*gan tu*an (?; 135), a. [From Gargantua, an allegorical hero of Rabelais.] Characteristic of Gargantua, a gigantic, wonderful personage; enormous; prodigious; inordinate. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • gargantuan — index prodigious (enormous) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • gargantuan — 1590s, from Gargantua, large mouthed giant in Rabelais novels, supposedly from Sp./Port. garganta gullet, throat, which is from the same imitative root as GARGLE (Cf. gargle) …   Etymology dictionary

  • gargantuan — *huge, vast, immense, enormous, elephantine, mammoth, giant, gigantic, gigantean, colossal, Herculean, cyclopean, titanic, Brobdingnagian …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • gargantuan — [adj] very large big, colossal, elephantine, enormous, giant, gigantic, heavyweight, huge, humongous, immense, jumbo, leviathan, mammoth, massive, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, supercolossal*, super duper*, titanic, towering,… …   New thesaurus

  • gargantuan — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ enormous. ORIGIN from Gargantua, a voracious giant in Rabelais book of the same name (1534) …   English terms dictionary

  • gargantuan — [gär gan′cho͞o ən] adj. [after GARGANTUA] enormous; gigantic …   English World dictionary

  • gargantuan — [[t]gɑː(r)gæ̱ntʃuən[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (emphasis) If you say that something is gargantuan, you are emphasizing that it is very large. [WRITTEN] ...a marketing event of gargantuan proportions. ...a gargantuan corruption scandal. Syn: huge …   English dictionary

  • gargantuan — gar|gan|tu|an [ga:ˈgæntʃuən US ga:r ] adj written [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Gargantua, name of a giant in the book Gargantua (1534) by François Rabelais] extremely large = ↑gigantic ▪ a meal of gargantuan proportions ▪ gargantuan task …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • gargantuan — adjective Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Gargantua Date: 1596 tremendous in size, volume, or degree ; gigantic, colossal < gargantuan waterfalls > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • gargantuan — /gahr gan chooh euhn/, adj. gigantic; enormous; colossal: a gargantuan task. [1585 95; GARGANTU(A) + AN] Syn. huge, mammoth, immense, vast, elephantine. * * * …   Universalium

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