heypolyglot
Italian

galattico

/ɡaˈlat.ti.ko/adjectiveC1
Extended vocabulary · Vocabulary rank 18,162

Meaning

galactic; fantastic

  • Relating to a galaxy or galaxies.
  • Extraordinary, magnificent, or astronomical in scale or quality.

In a sentence

Il telescopio ha fotografato una nube galattica lontana milioni di anni luce.

The telescope photographed a galactic cloud millions of light years away.

Abbiamo partecipato a una festa galattica con centinaia di invitati.

We attended an amazing party with hundreds of guests.

La società ha speso una cifra galattica per comprare quel calciatore.

The club spent an astronomical sum to buy that footballer.

Word forms (4)
WordWord forms
galatticomasculine · singular
galatticafeminine · singular
galatticimasculine · plural
galattichefeminine · plural

Usage notes

  • Masculine plural is 'galattici' (not -chi).
  • Informally used as an emphatic superlative meaning 'amazing' or 'huge'.

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