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Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “asker-ite”, from pedir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pediˈɡweɲo/
- Rhymes: -eɲo
- Syllabification: pe‧di‧güe‧ño
Noun
pedigüeño m (plural pedigüeños, feminine pedigüeña, feminine plural pedigüeñas)
- sponger
- Synonyms: bolsero, cafiche, gorrón
1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:»Los poetas, los grandes guerreros, los frailes, los teólogos, los hombres de inteligencia cultivada entrevén una sociedad mejor, vislumbran un mundo moral superior a aquel en que viven y se agitan los pedigüeños desnudos, los holgazanes pícaros y demás gente menuda.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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