Meaning of gorboġ | Babel Free

Definitions

1. sty, pigsty (an enclosure where pigs are kept)
   masculine
2. hutch (an enclosure where rabbits are kept)
   masculine
3. hovel (a poor cottage)
   figuratively, masculine

Examples

“Ħarbat, mewwet dawk id-dwieli, wild il-għaraq tal-ħaddiem, żomm il-fqir ġol-gorboġ waħdu, u bla ħobż, bla dawl, bla sliem!”

Destroy, kill those vines, the offspring of the worker’s sweat, keep the poor man in the hovel alone, without bread, without light, without peace!

“Ngħidlek, jien u l-ħanina ġewwa l-gorboġ mudlam henjin daqs re u reġina ġewwa palazz tar-rħam!”

I tell you, me and my darling inside the dark hovel happy as a king and queen inside a marble palace!

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