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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesimpresionante
Pronunciation / Transliteration: impresionante
"La vista desde la cima era impresionante."
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Astonishing or awe-inspiring in quality, so as to take one's breath away.
"The view from the top of the mountain was breathtaking."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the noun 'breath' (from Old English 'brǣð') and the verb 'take' (from Old Norse 'taka'), combined to form a participial adjective by the late 19th century. Originally used to describe physical exhaustion that leaves one gasping for air, its meaning evolved to metaphorically describe something so astonishingly beautiful or impressive that it figuratively stops one's breath.
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époustouflant
Transliteration: époustouflant
"La vue depuis le sommet était époustouflante."
atemberaubend
Transliteration: atemberaubend
"Die Aussicht von der Spitze war atemberaubend."
mozzafiato
Transliteration: mozzafiato
"La vista dalla cima era mozzafiato."
impresionante
Transliteration: impresionante
"La vista desde la cima era impresionante."
de tirar o fôlego
Transliteration: de tirar o fôlego
"A vista do topo era de tirar o fôlego."
शानदार
Transliteration: shandar
"च चोटी से नज़ारा शानदार था।"
惊人的
Transliteration: jīngrén de
"山顶上的景色令人惊叹。"
숨막히는
Transliteration: summakineun
"정상에서의 풍경은 숨막힐 정도로 아름다웠다."
息をのむような
Transliteration: iki o nomu yō na
"山頂からの景色は息をのむほど素晴らしかった。"
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