desgarbat

Catalan

Etymology

From des- +‎ garbo +‎ -at.

Pronunciation

Adjective

desgarbat (feminine desgarbada, masculine plural desgarbats, feminine plural desgarbades)

  1. gangly
    • 2020, Josep Piera, Els fantàstics setanta: 1969-1974:
      Fuster resultà ser un home alt, desgarbat, que fumava tabac ros mentolat i americà, i que usava un llenguatge provocatiu, alhora que convincent, i imantador, sentit en directe.
      Fuster ended up being a tall, gangly man, who smoked blond tobacco, mentholated and American, and who used provocative language, at the same time convincing, and magnetic, directly felt.
  2. ungainly

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