gigante

Definitions of gigante
  1. noun
    any creature of exceptional size
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    type of:
    animal, bestia, criatura, fauna
    a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
  2. noun
    an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales
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    Argo
    (Greek mythology) a giant with 100 eyes; was guardian of the heifer Io and was slain by Hermes
    cíclopes
    (Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead
    giganta
    a female giant
    ogro
    (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings
    type of:
    criatura imaginaria, ente imaginario, ser imaginario
    a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction
  3. noun
    someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
    synonyms: coloso
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