escuálido
Spanish, adjective/esˈkwalido/
escuálido is spelled E-S-C-U-Á-L-I-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 69,196th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escuálido is a Spanish adjective meaning “scrawny, emaciated, skinny” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “De aspecto extraordinariamente delgado o debilitado”.
What does escuálido mean in English?
adjective
- 1
scrawny, emaciated, skinny
- 2
raresqualid, dirty
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. De aspecto extraordinariamente delgado o debilitado. 2. Por extensión, que presenta un estado deteriorado por el abandono o falta de cuidado. 3. Sucio, asqueroso.
noun: 1. Cualquier pez elasmobranquio selacimorfo de la familia Squalidae, comúnmente llamados tiburones.^([definición imprecisa])
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of escuálido
- escuálida feminine
- escuálidos masculine plural
- escuálidas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escuálido?
- /esˈkwalido/
- [esˈkwa.li.ð̞o]
- [esˈkwalið̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escuálido
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escuálido in Spanish?
escuálido appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).