mesquinho

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨʃˈki.ɲu/

Hyphenation: mes‧qui‧nho

Adjective edit

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

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

Derived terms edit

References edit

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

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