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pallido

pale

adjective PAHL-lee-doh Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Appearance

Origin: From Latin pallidus (pale), from pallere (to be pale).

Also means

faint

Usage Note

Pallido (f pallida, pl pallidi/pallide) describes a person's pale complexion (ha un viso pallido = she has a pale face) and figurative paleness or weakness (una pallida idea = a faint idea, a vague notion). The idiom non avere la più pallida idea (not to have the faintest idea) is very common in everyday Italian.

Examples

"Era pallido come un fantasma dopo la notizia."

Natural Translation

He was pale as a ghost after the news.

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