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mayúsculo

enormous

adjective mah-YOOS-koo-loh Rare

Origin: From Latin maiusculus, diminutive of maior (greater).

Also means

capital (letter)

Usage Note

Mayúsculo has a literal sense (a capital/uppercase letter — letra mayúscula) and a figurative intensifying sense meaning enormous or monumental: un error mayúsculo (a huge mistake). As a noun, la mayúscula means the capital letter itself. Its opposite in the typographic sense is minúscula (lowercase).

Examples

"Cometió un error mayúsculo en el contrato."

Natural Translation

He made an enormous mistake in the contract.

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