dinero

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English

Etymology

From Spanish dinero (“money”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɪˈnɛɹ.oʊ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

dinero (uncountable)

(slang) Money.

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *dīnārius, an alteration of Latin dēnārius. Coromines and Pascual explain the /i/ as the result of influence from Byzantine Greek δηνάριον (dinárion). Compare Portuguese dinheiro, Catalan diner, Old Venetian dinaro.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /diˈneɾo/

Noun

dinero m

coin
- 1300 – 1330, anonymous, Fuero Navarra (BNM ms. 248) 20:
  Et si fueren cabras o oueyllas una o .ij^os. ata .ix^e. deuen por cada pie un dinero.
  And if it's goats or sheep, one or two up to nine, they owe a coin for every trotter.
(in the plural) money
- 1140 – 1207, anonymous, Cid 3734-3735:
  ſi nõ tenedes din͠os / echad ala vnos peños
  (modernized spelling) Si non tenedes dineros, echad allá unos peños
  If you don't have money, throw some belongings there

Descendants

Spanish: dinero

References

Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “dinero”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 497

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish dinero, from Vulgar Latin *dīnārius, an alteration of Latin dēnārius. Coromines and Pascual explain the /i/ as the result of influence from Byzantine Greek δηνάριον (dinárion). Compare Portuguese dinheiro, Catalan diner, Old Venetian dinaro.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /diˈneɾo/
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -eɾo
Syllabification: di‧ne‧ro

Noun

dinero m (plural dineros)

money
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dinero
wealth
Synonym: riqueza

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Tanimuca-Retuarã: niñerũ

References

Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “dinero”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 497

Further reading

“dinero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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