giganteo
Latin
Spanish
Adjective
giganteo (feminine gigantea, masculine plural giganteos, feminine plural giganteas)
- giant, gigantic
- Synonym: gigantesco
- 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, “Capítulo I
”, in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Primera parte:
- Decía mucho bien del gigante Morgante, porque, con ser de aquella generación gigantea, que todos son soberbios y descomedidos, él solo era afable y bien criado.
- He approved highly of the giant Morgante, because, although of the giant breed which is always arrogant and ill-conditioned, he alone was affable and well-bred.
Further reading
- “giganteo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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