desenfeinat
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
desenfeinat (feminine desenfeinada, masculine plural desenfeinats, feminine plural desenfeinades)
- idle, unoccupied
- 1969, Blai Bonet, Mister Evasió:
- Gent desenfeinada, lletraferida, que no saben fer res més que el vermut i discurssos, que no tenen aturall a la llengua, i com han de tenir aturall a la llengua, si han fet el vermut?
- Idle, well-read people, who didn't know how to do anything but drink vermouth and make speeches, who didn't hold their tongues, and how can they hold their tongues if they've been drinking vermouth?
Further reading
- “desenfeinat”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007