desgaire
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Catalan a escaire (“askew”), from escaire (“right angle”), from escairar (“to cut or set at right angles, to square”), from caire (“square”), from Latin quādrum (“square”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdesgaire m (plural desgaires)
- carelessness, slovenliness
- a dismissive gesture
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “desgaire”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014