Russian equivalent for Italian ruspante?

Giampaolo Gandolfo gianpaolo.gandolfo at FASTWEBNET.IT
Sun Aug 9 12:58:57 UTC 2009


I want to thank heartily all those who provided suggestions on possible translations of the Italian (colloquial, almost slangy) adjective ruspante.
Here are my provisional conclusions:
The word that seems most fit is дикий (полудикий).
Next follow грубый, грубоватый, некультурный, естественный, неотёсаный, алмаз негранёный, косолапый;
выгульный refers only to poultry.
Медведь, слон (в посудной лавке), невежа, can be used just in a derogative sense.
Any further comments?
Sincerely
Giampaolo Gandolfo

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