heypolyglot
Italian

palloso

/palˈlo.zo/adjectiveB1
Extended vocabulary · Vocabulary rank 23,706

Meaning

boring, tedious

  • annoyingly dull, tedious, or boring

In a sentence

Questo film è davvero troppo palloso.

This film is really too boring.

La riunione di oggi non è stata affatto pallosa.

Today's meeting wasn't boring at all.

Perché devi sempre scegliere compiti così pallosi?

Why do you always have to pick such tedious tasks?

Word forms (4)
WordWord forms
pallosomasculine · singular
pallosafeminine · singular
pallosimasculine · plural
pallosefeminine · plural

Usage notes

  • Informal: colloquial and derived from 'palle' (balls); avoid in formal settings.

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