Meanings
total, absolute, complete, utter (not used in the sense of “entire”)
Es ist kein totales, sondern nur ein partielles Verbot.It is not an absolute ban, but merely a partial one.
2 more meanings
Adverb
totally, absolutely, completely, utterly
total übertriebentotally exaggerated
Switzerlandsynonym of insgesamt (“in total, all in all”)
Examples
GermanEnglish
Tom hat einen total blöden Zug gemacht.Tom made a boneheaded move.
Verzeihung, ich habe es total vergessen, das zu tun.Sorry, I completely forgot to do that.