How is the word desaliñado translated from Spanish to English

English translation
scruffy
adjective

Descuidado y algo sucio en su aspecto.

Untidy and rather dirty in appearance.

Examples with “desaliñado”

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  • Llegó con una chaqueta desaliñada. — He came in a scruffy jacket.

  • Llegó desaseado a la fiesta tras pasar el día trabajando en el jardín. — He showed up to the party looking scruffy after spending the day working in the garden.

  • Estaba zarrapastroso con esa camiseta vieja. — He looked scruffy in that old t-shirt.

  • Tu cuarto se ve desaliñado otra vez. — Your room looks scruffy again.

  • Los niños volvieron a casa cansados y desaseados. — The kids came home tired and scruffy.

  • ¿Ese perro siempre está tan zarrapastroso? — Is that dog always so scruffy?

  • ¿Por qué está tan desaliñado el café por dentro? — Why is the café so scruffy inside?

  • ¿Está bien presentarse desaseado a una entrevista de trabajo? — Is it okay to look scruffy at a job interview?

  • ¡Ordena esa habitación, que está hecha un desastre! — Please clean up your scruffy room!

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