indigesto
indigestible
adjective een-dee-JEH-stoh Rare
Origin: Latin indigestus (not arranged, undigested)
Also means
hard to stomach
Usage Note
Indigesto describes food that is heavy or hard to digest, but Italians also use it figuratively for a person or situation that is unbearable. You might hear una persona indigesta to mean someone you simply cannot stand. The figurative use is colloquial but very common.
Examples
"Questo fritto è troppo indigesto."
Natural Translation
This fried food is too hard to digest.
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