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"Is it bigger than a breadbox?" - Adjectives of size

EnglishSpanishFrenchItalian
biggrandegrandgrande
littlepequeñopetitpiccolo
longlargolonglungo
shortcortocourtcorto
widevastovastelargo
narrowestrecchoétroitstretto

Notes:
The words for big are like "grand".
Fr. petit is like a "petite" size; this is the source for Eng. "petty".
Sp. largo="long"; It. largo="wide".
You might think of "short" as cut short.
Compare: noche / nuit / notte and estrecho / étroit / stretto.