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Italian

pazzesco

/patˈtse.sko/adjectiveB1
Extended vocabulary · Vocabulary rank 7,998

Meaning

crazy, incredible

  • incredible, astounding, or extraordinary
  • crazy, wild, or resembling madness

In a sentence

C'era un traffico pazzesco sulla tangenziale questa mattina.

There was crazy traffic on the ring road this morning.

È una storia pazzesca, non riesco ancora a crederci.

It is an incredible story; I still can't believe it.

Quel concerto aveva un'energia pazzesca!

That concert had incredible energy!

Word forms (4)
WordWord forms
pazzescomasculine · singular
pazzescafeminine · singular
pazzeschimasculine · plural
pazzeschefeminine · plural

Usage notes

  • Extremely frequent in everyday spoken Italian as an emphatic synonym for 'incredibile'.
  • Remember the spelling change with 'h' in masculine plural 'pazzeschi' to preserve the hard /k/ sound.

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