mesquinho

Portuguese

Etymology

From Arabic مِسْكِين‎ (miskīn, “poor”). Compare Spanish mezquino, French mesquin.

Adjective

mesquinho m (feminine singular mesquinha, masculine plural mesquinhos, feminine plural mesquinhas, comparable)

  1. stingy, mean, miserly, niggardly

Synonyms

  • See Thesaurus:avarento
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