squallido
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin squālidus (“dirty, foul”), derived from squāleō (“to be unkempt, neglected”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]squallido (feminine squallida, masculine plural squallidi, feminine plural squallide)
- squalid, sordid
- una roba squallida ― a sordid thing
- Gerald vive in una città squallida. ― Gerald lives in a squalid town.
- wretched, miserable
- Gerald è una persona squallida. ― Gerard is a wretched person.