mesquinho

Galician

Adjective

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

  1. reintegrationist spelling of mesquiño

Noun

mesquinho m (plural mesquinhos, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of mesquiño

Further reading

  • “mesquinho” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

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/

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ĩɲu, (Portugal) -iɲu
  • 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 (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ “mesquinho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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