could it be that in some languages (like my language for example) serious is kinda of a synonym for large? I've been downvoted at times for using it to mean ex

could it be that in some languages (like my language for example) serious is kinda of a synonym for large? I've been downvoted at times for using it to mean exactly that, but I can't help it after more than 40 years of thinking in a language different from English.