pesetero

Spanish

Etymology

From peseta (“former currency of Spain”) +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peseˈteɾo/ [pe.seˈt̪e.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: pe‧se‧te‧ro

Noun

pesetero m (plural peseteros, feminine pesetera, feminine plural peseteras)

1. (colloquial, derogatory) tight-fisted, stingy, miser
2. (colloquial, derogatory) moneygrubber/money-grubber

Further reading

• “pesetero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28