shylock

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

strozzino

usuraio

cravattaio

prestatore

usuraia

strozzina

cravattaia

sinonimi

loan shark

moneylender

usurer

Traduzioni

Geldverleiher

Wucherer

agiota

prestamista

usurier

usurero

usurière

Kredithai

المرابي

tefeci

usurer

τοκογλύφος

prêteur d’argent

shylock

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈʃaɪlɑk/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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