mesquinho

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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

 

  • 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

References

  1. ^ mesquinho”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ mesquinho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024