escuálido
Meanings
Adjective
1. scrawny, emaciated, skinny
2. squalid, dirty (rare)
Examples3
Estar escuálido es poco saludable.
Being skinny is unhealthy.
Me lo encontré desnutrido y escuálido.
I found him undernourished and emaciated.
Era un perro callejero escuálido y asustadizo cuando lo acojí en mi casa.
He was a scrawny, scared street dog when I took him in at my home.