shylock

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (US, figuratively, offensive) A loan shark; a usurer.
2. (ethnic, offensive, slur) A person of Jewish descent.

Verb

To lend money at exorbitant rates of interest.

Conceptes

usurer

Sinònims

loan shark

moneylender

usurer

Traduccions

usuraio

strozzino

agiota

prestamista

Geldverleiher

usurero

Wucherer

usurière

usurier

Kredithai

usurera

shylock

المرابي

tefeci

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈʃaɪlɑk/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From the character Shylock in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (1600).