mequetrefe
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From meco (“dissolute man”) + trefe (“mischievous”), first element from Latin moechus (“adulterer, fornicator”), second element of unknown origin.(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: me‧que‧tre‧fe
Or, possibly of shared origin with Spanish mequetrefe by borrowing from Arabic مُخَطْرِف (muḵaṭrif, “raving”).
Noun edit
mequetrefe m (plural mequetrefes)
- (colloquial) bum, loiterer (pejorative for a person perceived to be lazy)
Further reading edit
- “mequetrefe” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “mequetrefe” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Portuguese mequetrefe, or possibly from Arabic مُخَطْرِف (muḵaṭrif, “raving”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mequetrefe m or f by sense (plural mequetrefes)
- (colloquial) bum, loiterer (pejorative for a person perceived to be lazy)
- 2015 September 25, “La caza del león”, in El País[1]:
- Los anuncios presentan fotos macabras de bellos leones ensangrentados junto al mequetrefe que acaba de matarlos con un rifle enorme en la mano, acompañado del cazador profesional que con frecuencia lo reemplaza en el disparo.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2020, “Mequetrefe”, in KiCk i, performed by Arca:
- Mami, quiere mequetrefe / Ella se lo merece
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading edit
- “mequetrefe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014