intenso

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin intensus.

Adjective

intenso (feminine intensa, masculine plural intensos, feminine plural intensas)

1. intense, strong

Derived terms

• intensamente

Related terms

• intensidade

Further reading

• “intenso”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intēnsus. Doublet of inteso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈtɛn.so/
• Rhymes: -ɛnso
• Hyphenation: in‧tèn‧so

Adjective

intenso (feminine intensa, masculine plural intensi, feminine plural intense, superlative intensissimo)

1. intense, strong

   Synonyms: forte, profondo

2. intensive, busy, concentrated

   Synonyms: continuo, indaffarato

Derived terms

• intensamente
• intensificare
• intensimetro
• intensità

Related terms

• intensivo

Further reading

• “intenso”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• innesto, innestò, intonse

Latin

Adjective

intēnsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of intēnsus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin intēnsus (“stretched tight”), past participle of intendere (“to stretch out”), from in (“in, upon, to”) + tendere (“to stretch”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈtẽ.su/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈtẽ.su/

• Rhymes: -ẽsu
• Hyphenation: in‧ten‧so

Adjective

intenso (feminine intensa, masculine plural intensos, feminine plural intensas)

1. intense, strong
2. intensive, concentrated

Related terms

• intensidade
• intensivo

Further reading

• “intenso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intēnsus. Cf. entesar, inherited from a derivative of the same word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈtenso/ [ĩn̪ˈt̪ẽn.so]
• Rhymes: -enso
• Syllabification: in‧ten‧so

Adjective

intenso (feminine intensa, masculine plural intensos, feminine plural intensas, superlative intensísimo)

1. intense, strong
   • 2024 February 25, Peter Valdes-Dapena, “La Cybertruck de Tesla es impresionante pero también preocupante”, in CNN en Español‎^[1]:

     Incluso cuando estacioné una Cybertruck Tesla alquilada junto a un supercoche McLaren de color rosa intenso en el aparcamiento de un centro comercial de California, la gente del McLaren no paraba de hablar de la Cybertruck.

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2. intensive

Related terms

• intensamente
• intensidad
• intensivo

Further reading

• “intenso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025