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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