mesquinho

Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic ⁧مِسْكِين⁩ (miskīn, “poor”).[1][2] Compare Galician mesquiño, Spanish mezquino, French mesquin.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mesˈkĩ.ɲu/ [mesˈkĩ.j̃u]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /meʃˈkĩ.ɲu/ [meʃˈkĩ.j̃u]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mesˈki.ɲo/

  • Hyphenation: mes‧qui‧nho

Adjective

mesquinho (feminine mesquinha, masculine plural mesquinhos, feminine plural mesquinhas)

  1. stingy, mean, miserly, niggardly
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:avarento

Derived terms
  • mesquinhar
  • mesquinhez
  • mesquinhice

References
  1. “mesquinho” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. “mesquinho” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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