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cicatero

Spanish, noun/θikaˈteɾo/

cicatero is spelled C-I-C-A-T-E-R-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 95 million words in written Spanish, the 335,022nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cicatero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “miser” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona que tiene por costumbre u oficio el apropiarse de cosas que no le pertenecen”.

What does cicatero mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    miserly, mean, stingy

  2. 2

    punctilious, concerned with worthless small things or details

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemiser

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Reacio a gastar o compartir sus bienes, especialmente dinero

noun: 1. Persona que tiene por costumbre u oficio el apropiarse de cosas que no le pertenecen

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of cicatero

  • cicatera feminine
  • cicateros masculine plural
  • cicateras feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce cicatero?

  • /θikaˈteɾo/
  • [θi.kaˈt̪e.ɾo]
  • /sikaˈteɾo/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to cicatero

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is cicatero in Spanish?

cicatero appears about once in every 95 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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