Masculine
Meaning

  1. (masculine) money
  2. (masculine) wealth

Frequency

A1
Hyphenated as
di‧ne‧ro
Pronounced as (IPA)
/diˈneɾo/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish dinero, from Vulgar Latin *dīnārius, an alteration of Latin dēnārius. Coromines and Pascual explain the /i/ as the result of influence from Byzantine Greek δηνάριον (dinárion). Compare Portuguese dinheiro, Catalan diner, Old Venetan dinaro.

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