"descomunal" meaning in Spanish

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Adjective

IPA: /deskomuˈnal/, [d̪es.ko.muˈnal] Forms: descomunales [feminine, masculine, plural]
Rhymes: -al Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old Spanish des- Spanish des- Spanish comunal Spanish descomunal From des- + comunal. Etymology templates: {{ety|es|:af|des-|comunal|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old Spanish des- Spanish des- Spanish comunal Spanish descomunal [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*dis-", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "dis-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Spanish", "term" : "des-", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "osp" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "des-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "comunal", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "es" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "descomunal", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" }" data-lang="es" data-title="descomunal"> From des- + comunal. Head templates: {{es-adj}} descomunal m or f (masculine and feminine plural descomunales)
  1. extraordinary Tags: feminine, masculine Synonyms: extraordinario
    Sense id: en-descomunal-es-adj-jOFEl2c3 Categories (other): Spanish entries referencing missing etymons, Spanish entries with etymology texts, Spanish entries with etymology trees, Spanish entries with etymon, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish terms prefixed with des- Disambiguation of Spanish entries referencing missing etymons: 74 26 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology texts: 100 0 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology trees: 100 0 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymon: 100 0 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of Spanish terms prefixed with des-: 75 25
  2. enormous, huge Tags: feminine, masculine Synonyms: enorme, gigante
    Sense id: en-descomunal-es-adj-baTMSoZa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: descomunalmente

Inflected forms

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