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cicatero.

miserly, mean, stingy

8 characters4 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

adj/θikaˈteɾo/[θi.kaˈt̪e.ɾo]/sikaˈteɾo/[si.kaˈt̪e.ɾo]

  1. miserly, mean, stingy

  2. punctilious, concerned with worthless small things or details

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Spanish cegatero (“reseller”), from Arabic سَقَّاط (saqqāṭ, “seller of trinkets”) + -ero. Related to Arabic سَقَط (saqaṭ, “worthless”). Coromines and Pascual explain the development ceg- > cic- as influence from cica (“money bag”).

noun/θikaˈteɾo/[θi.kaˈt̪e.ɾo]/sikaˈteɾo/[si.kaˈt̪e.ɾo]

  1. miser

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Spanish cegatero (“reseller”), from Arabic سَقَّاط (saqqāṭ, “seller of trinkets”) + -ero. Related to Arabic سَقَط (saqaṭ, “worthless”). Coromines and Pascual explain the development ceg- > cic- as influence from cica (“money bag”).

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