What is the meaning of mezquino in Spanish?

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Spanish Dictionary Word Meaning of mezquino

1.1 miserly, mean, stingy
2.1 petty, small-minded

Part of Speech - Spanish Dictionary word mezquino

mezquino is a Adjective. A describing word that modifies a noun or pronoun

Spanish Dictionary Words derived from mezquino

mezquinar,mezquindad

Spanish Dictionary Examples of Usage of mezquino

1.1 Era un padre mezquino, y a sus hijos no les compraba dulces no por salud sino por ahorrar.
In English: He was a stingy father, who wouldn't buy his children sweets, not for their health but to save money.,2.1 Sería mezquino de mi parte no perdonarte por ello cuando no tenías toda la información sobre la situación.
In English: It would be petty of me to not forgive you for it when you did not have all the information about the situation.

Spanish Dictionary Word Forms of mezquino

1. mezquina (feminine)
2. mezquinos (masculine,plural)
3. mezquinas (feminine,plural)

History of mezquino

Inherited from Old Spanish mesquino (“poor; beggar, homeless”), also attested in the medieval period as mezquino, from Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn, “poor”). The sense of “stingy” developed in the early modern period. Compare Portuguese mesquinho.

Spanish Dictionary Prnounciation of mezquino

/meθˈkino/