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feo

ugly

adjective FEH-oh Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Appearance

Also means

nasty

Usage Note

Feo covers physical ugliness but also describes an unpleasant situation or action: eso fue muy feo ('that was really nasty'). As an adverb it appears in colloquial expressions like oler feo ('to smell bad'). The feminine form is fea; the superlative feísimo is emphatic and common in speech.

Examples

"Ese edificio es muy feo."

Natural Translation

That building is very ugly.

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