Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

sovrumano

English translation:

enormous, gigantic, huge

Added to glossary by simona dachille
Aug 20, 2007 22:43
16 yrs ago
Italian term

sovrumano

Italian to English Social Sciences History other
Does "sovrumano" in the following phrase mean "huge"?
L’impetuoso pastore dell’Asia dai molti abitanti, sospinge un gregge sovrumano
di umani sulla terra e sul mare.
Thanks
Change log

Aug 20, 2007 22:55: Salloz changed "Field" from "Other" to "Social Sciences" , "Field (specific)" from "Other" to "History"

Proposed translations

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enormous, gigantic, huge

in questo caso credo si riferisca a enorme, gigantesco, etc..
enormous (amount of people)
Note from asker:
Thanks!
Peer comment(s):

agree Salloz : Yeah, perhaps monstrous, to keep the idea of "unnatural".
4 mins
thanks Salloz, good suggestion
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superhuman / more than human

:D

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Note added at 11 mins (2007-08-20 22:54:43 GMT)
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May be: superlative, supernatural, supreme.
Peer comment(s):

agree _floriana_ : sì, userei una soluzione che lasci il gioco di parole; v. http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?sourceid=Mozilla-searc...
13 hrs
Grazie, Floriana. Gargantuan, monstrous, perhaps?
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