escuálido

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin squālidus.

Adjective

escuálido (feminine escuálida, masculine plural escuálidos, feminine plural escuálidas)

  1. scrawny, emaciated, skinny
  2. (rare) squalid, dirty

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