totale

/toˈta.le/adjective · masculine / noun · masculineA2 / B1

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Meaning · adjective

total

Il costo totale è troppo alto per noi.
The total cost is too high for us.

Hai fiducia totale in lui davvero?
Do you really have total trust in him?

Dopo le dieci c'era silenzio totale.
After ten o'clock there was complete silence.

Word forms (4)

As an adjective, it agrees in gender and number: totale, totali. No separate feminine singular form.
Use totale for sums, extent, or complete involvement; prefer assoluto for stronger, more abstract emphasis.
Common in business, math, and everyday speech: costo totale, numero totale, silenzio totale.

total

a type of film shot in which all of an environment (interior or exterior) is visible

Il totale del conto è venti euro.
The total bill is twenty euros.

Hai visto il totale all'inizio del film?
Did you see the wide shot at the start of the film?

Non ricordo il totale della spesa di ieri.
I don't remember yesterday's total spending.

Word forms (2)

Word	Word forms
totale	masculine · singular
totali	masculine · plural

As a noun, totale is common in shopping, bills, and accounting: Il totale è 25 euro.
Do not confuse the noun totale with tutto. Tutto means “everything,” not “the sum.”
In cinema, totale is a technical term; outside film contexts, most speakers mainly use the accounting sense.