mezquino

mezquino, -a
adjective
1. mean
masculine noun
1. wart (Mexican Spanish)

mezquino [meth-kee’-no, nah]
adjective
1. Poor, indigent, penurious; diminutive.
2. Avaricious, covetous, mean (tacaño), paltry; miserable (cualidad), lean.
3. Petty, minute, puny.
noun
4. Mean person (avaro); petty individual (miserable). (m)
5. Wart (verruga). (Andes & Central America & Mexico) (m)

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