mezquino

Significado (Inglés)

mezquinar

  1. to skimp; be stingy
  2. to dodge; get around
  3. to let off; let off the hook

Frecuencia

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Con guion como
mez‧qui‧no
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/meθˈkino/
Etimología (Inglés)

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish mesquino (“poor; beggar, homeless”), also attested in the medieval period as mezquino, from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn, “poor”). The sense of “stingy” developed in the early modern period. Compare Portuguese mesquinho.

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