mesquiño

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

poor

Adj

1. miserable
2. miserly; greedy

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

[mesˈkiɲʊ]

Etimologie (Engels)

Geleen van Arabies: مِسْكِين

Verwante met Portugees: mesquinho

Verwante met Spaans: mezquino

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese mesquinno (“poor”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn). Compare Portuguese mesquinho and Spanish mezquino, Sicilian mischinu.