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Portuguese
Etymology
From Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn, “poor”). Compare Galician mesquiño, Spanish mezquino, French mesquin.
Pronunciation
Adjective
mesquinho (feminine mesquinha, masculine plural mesquinhos, feminine plural mesquinhas)
- stingy, mean, miserly, niggardly
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:avarento
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