- giant
- 1. feminine - giantess; noun
1) ((in fairy stories etc) a huge person: Jack met a giant when he climbed the beanstalk.) gigante; giganta2) (a person of unusually great height and size.) gigante; giganta3) (a person of very great ability or importance: Einstein is one of the giants of twentieth-century science.) gigante, as; giganta, as
2. adjective(of unusually great height or size: a giant cod; a giant fern.) gigante, gigantesco, descomunalgiant1 adj enormea giant helping of ice cream una enorme ración de heladogiant2 n gigantethe giant and the princess el gigante y la princesagianttr['ʤaɪənt]noun1 gigante,-aadjective1 gigante, gigantesco,-agiant ['ʤaɪənt] adj: gigante, gigantesco, enormegiant n: gigante m, -ta fgiantadj.• gigante adj.• gigantesco, -a adj.n.• gigante s.m.
I 'dʒaɪəntnoun gigante, -ta m,fhe was a giant of a man — era un gigantón (fam)
an intellectual giant — una lumbrera
II
adjective (before n) <organization> gigantesco; <insect> gigante, gigantesco; <stride> gigantesco, enorme['dʒaɪǝnt]1. N1) (physically) gigante(-a) m / f2) (fig) (in importance, power) gigante mSol, the computer giant — Sol, líder en ordenadores
he was a giant among actors — como actor fue un coloso
2.ADJ [tree, star] gigantesco; [animal, insect, bird, plant] gigante; [portion] gigantesco, enorme; [packet] gigante, familiar; [strides] de gigante3.CPDgiant panda N — panda mf gigante
giant slalom N — slalom m gigante
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I ['dʒaɪənt]noun gigante, -ta m,fhe was a giant of a man — era un gigantón (fam)
an intellectual giant — una lumbrera
II
adjective (before n) <organization> gigantesco; <insect> gigante, gigantesco; <stride> gigantesco, enorme
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.
