mezquino
Spanish
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /meθˈkino/ [meθˈki.no]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /mesˈkino/ [mesˈki.no]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -ino
- Syllabification: mez‧qui‧no
Etymology 1
editInherited 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.
Adjective
editmezquino (feminine mezquina, masculine plural mezquinos, feminine plural mezquinas)
- miserly, mean, stingy
- Era un padre mezquino, y a sus hijos no les compraba dulces no por salud sino por ahorrar.
- He was a stingy father, who wouldn't buy his children sweets, not for their health but to save money.
- petty, small-minded
- Sería mezquino de mi parte no perdonarte por ello cuando no tenías toda la información sobre la situación.
- It would be petty of me to not forgive you for it when you did not have all the information about the situation.
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editmezquino
Further reading
edit- “mezquino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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