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pigro

lazy

adjective PEE-groh Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Personality

Origin: From Latin 'piger, pigra' (slow, lazy).

Usage Note

Pigro describes habitual laziness or sluggishness — a persona pigra is a lazy person. It agrees in gender and number: pigro, pigra, pigri, pigre. The derived noun is pigrizia (laziness) and the adverb is pigramente. A common idiom is fare il pigro ('to play lazy', i.e. to lounge around doing nothing on purpose).

Examples

"Sei troppo pigro per uscire di casa."

Natural Translation

You are too lazy to leave the house.

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