grandioso

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian grandioso, from Latin grandis (“great, grand”) (English grand). Doublet of grandiose. === Noun === grandioso (plural grandiosos) (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a grand and noble style (music) A passage having this mark === Adverb === grandioso (comparative more grandioso, superlative most grandioso) (music) played in this style === Adjective === grandioso (comparative more grandioso, superlative most grandioso) (music) describing a passage having this mark === Anagrams === organoids, rigadoons == Italian == === Etymology === From grande +‎ -oso. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡranˈdjo.zo/, (traditional) /ɡranˈdjo.so/ Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso Hyphenation: gran‧dió‧so === Adjective === grandioso (feminine grandiosa, masculine plural grandiosi, feminine plural grandiose) grandiose, magnificent ==== Derived terms ==== grandiosamente grandiosità ==== Descendants ==== → German: grandios → English: grandiose → Esperanto: grandioza → Spanish: grandioso → French: grandiose → Portuguese: grandioso → Russian: грандио́зный (grandióznyj) === Further reading === grandioso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian grandioso. Doublet of grande. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: gran‧di‧o‧so === Adjective === grandioso (feminine grandiosa, masculine plural grandiosos, feminine plural grandiosas, metaphonic) grandiose (large and impressive) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “grandioso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “grandioso”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “grandioso”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “grandioso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɾanˈdjoso/ [ɡɾãn̪ˈd̪jo.so] Rhymes: -oso Syllabification: gran‧dio‧so === Adjective === grandioso (feminine grandiosa, masculine plural grandiosos, feminine plural grandiosas) great, grandiose ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “grandioso”, 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