Morboso

[Alfonso]

Having or showing an unhealthy interest in unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease.

But this comes directly from the etymological nuance of morboso,from morbs-is, Latin word for death.
Despite of what dictionaries say, I don't think most of the people use this term with its original nuance.
For that, there are other words, like macabro, or, much more technical, escatológico.

Anyway, I don't think of anything unpleasant, forbidden or whatever if I say esta chica tiene morbo. For me, it meas plainly she's sexy, I don't mind her father's profession, her marital status...
So, morbo doesn't mean your own preferences about women or men, although these can be unhealthy or not.

I would say: esta tía tiene morbo: this sweetie is hot. Is this unhealthy, unpleasant?

[Iris]

If you say it to me I think I won't complain .

[poli]

Originally Posted by Alfonso

Having or showing an unhealthy interest in unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease.

But this comes directly from the etymological nuance of morboso,from morbs-is, Latin word for death.
Despite of what dictionaries say, I don't think most of the people use this term with its original nuance.
For that, there are other words, like macabro, or, much more technical like escatológico.

Anyway, I don't think of anything unpleasant, forbidden or whatever if I say esta chica tiene morbo. For me, it means plainly she's sexy, regardless of her father's profession, her marital status...(is this a non-sequitur?)
Also, morbo doesn't refer to your own preferences for women or men, whether or not these preferences are unhealthy.

I would say: esta tía tiene morbo: this sweetie is hot. Is this unhealthy, unpleasant?

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En la frase que empiece con also, tuve que cambiar mucho. No estoy seguro si capturé tu sentido. Me avisa si cambié el significado inadvertidamente.

[Jane]

Originally Posted by Alfonso

Having or showing an unhealthy interest in unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease.

But this comes directly from the etymological nuance of morboso,from morbs-is, Latin word for death.
Despite (In spite / Regardless of) what dictionaries say, I don't think most of the people use this term with its original nuance.
For that, there are other words, like macabro, or, much more technical, escatológico.

Anyway, I don't think of anything unpleasant, forbidden or whatever if I say esta chica tiene morbo. For me, it meas plainly she's sexy, I don't mind her father's profession, her marital status...
So, morbo doesn't mean your own preferences about women or men, although these can be unhealthy or not.

I would say: esta tía tiene morbo: this sweetie is hot. Is this unhealthy, unpleasant?

A small correction (in addition to Poli´s).

[poli]

That's right in spite of/ regardless of is correct. You can use despite too but it is never followed by "of".

Jane, is that you some decades ago?(referring to your avatar)

[Elaina]

Well, although I have always known it to mean morbid, I have also heard it used to mean something sexual but not in a very nice sense. All the uglies that you can think of in relation to sex (not the nice ones) I've known to be called "morboso".

Elaina

[Jane]

Originally Posted by poli

Jane, is that you some decades ago?(referring to your avatar)

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[Alfonso]

Originally Posted by Elaina

Well, although I have always known it to mean morbid, I have also heard it used to mean something sexual but not in a very nice sense. All the uglies that you can think of in relation to sex (not the nice ones) I've known to be called "morboso".

Elaina

For example?

[María José]

These are some dictionary definitions of morbid :
- pathological or diseased
- psychologically unhealthy
- characterized by preoccupation with unwholesome thoughts or feelings
- gruesome, grisly
- having an unusual interest in death or unpleasant events.
So it seems there is no mention of sex, unless you would want to include it in the unpleasant events category...