squallido
Italian
Etymology
From Latin squālidus (“dirty, foul”), derived from squāleō (“to be unkempt, neglected”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈskwal.li.do/
- Rhymes: -allido
- Hyphenation: squàl‧li‧do
Adjective
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.
Related terms
- squallente
- squallidezza
- squallore