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Definition 2024

breathtaking

breathtaking

English

Adjective

breathtaking ‎(comparative more breathtaking, superlative most breathtaking)

stunningly beautiful; amazing
He went to the Grand Canyon and spent a week taking in the breathtaking scenery all around him.
Very surprising or shocking; to such a degree as to cause astonishment.
breathtaking beauty/stupidity/rudeness

Derived terms

breathtakingly

Translations

stunningly beautiful

Chinese:
Mandarin: 驚險 (zh), 惊险 (zh) ‎(jīngxiǎn)
Dutch: adembenemend (nl)
Finnish: henkeäsalpaava
French: époustouflant (fr) m
German: atemberaubend
Hebrew: עוצר-נשימה m ‎(otzer-neshima), עוצרת-נשימה f ‎(otzeret-neshima)
Hungarian: lélegzetelállító (hu)

Italian: mozzafiato (it)
Japanese: 息をのむような ‎(iki o nomu yō na), 息をのむほど ‎(iki o nomu hodo)
Portuguese: de tirar o fôlego
Russian: захва́тывающий (ru) ‎(zaxvátyvajuščij), потряса́ющий (ru) ‎(potrjasájuščij)
Serbo-Croatian: koji uzima dah m
Spanish: impresionante (es), emocionante (es), asombroso (es), fascinador, fascinante (es)
Turkish: nefes kesici (tr)

very surprising or shocking

Finnish: henkeäsalpaava, sanoinkuvaamaton (fi)
French: époustouflant (fr) m
German: atemberaubend

Hungarian: lélegzetelállító (hu)
Portuguese: de tirar o fôlego
Russian: умопомрачи́тельный (ru) ‎(umopomračítelʹnyj), потряса́ющий (ru) ‎(potrjasájuščij)
Swedish: hisnande