"intense" in seven languages
Meaningintense
Spanish
intenso
/inˈtenso/
learned
French
intense
/ɛ̃tɑ̃s/
learned
Same form for both genders.
Italian
intenso
/inˈtɛnso/
learned
Portuguese
intenso
/ĩˈtẽsu/
learned
Romanian
intens
/inˈtens/
learned
Catalan
intens
/inˈtens/
learned
English
intense
/ɪnˈtɛns/
from Latin/French · French intense / Latin INTENSUS
English → ItalianintenseintensoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
INTENSUM‘stretched tight (participle of INTENDERE)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
INTENSUS was a bowstring stretched tight. Learned and nearly identical in all four; French makes no feminine change, Spanish and Italian say intensa.
English relatives: intensity, intend, tense, tension
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In a sentence
- esEl calor era intenso.
- frLa chaleur était intense.
- itIl caldo era intenso.
- ptO calor estava intenso.
- roCăldura era intensă.
- caLa calor era intensa.
- enThe heat was intense.