intensivo
/intenˈsibo/ · B2 · adj
intensive
💪📚 intensivo = intens(e) + ivo, sounds like in-ten-SEE-vo: 'in ten seas' of effort
Spanish intensivo comes from Latin intensus, 'stretched tight', the same root as English intense. The -ivo ending matches English -ive, so intensivo is simply intensive: concentrated, packed effort, as in a curso intensivo (crash course).