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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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