desgaire
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed 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 edit
Noun edit
desgaire m (plural desgaires)
- carelessness, slovenliness
- a dismissive gesture
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “desgaire”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014