Gigantes

American  

[ji-gan-teez] / dʒɪˈgæn tiz /

plural noun

Classical Mythology

1. huge monsters, the children of Gaia, who fought the Olympians but were defeated by them.

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Etymology

Origin of Gigantes

First recorded in 1690–1710; from Latin, from Greek Gígantes, plural of Gígas; giant ( def. )

Example Sentences

Stow, que sufrió daños cerebrales y quedó discapacitado por el ataque, se ha convertido en una leyenda para los aficionados de los Gigantes.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2021

Sentado en una silla de ruedas en el campo del estadio de los Gigantes en un partido de la Serie Mundial en 2014, Stow gritó: “Rueda la pelota”.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2021

Algunos aficionados a los Gigantes insisten en que la rivalidad es divertida.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2021

He ended up on baseball’s scrap heap, pitching for the Sugar Land Skeeters of the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball and the Gigantes de Carolina in Puerto Rico.

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2013

Hercules, a man of incredible strength, but who is said to have been not over 7 feet high, was dispatched against the Gigantes.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)