mezquindad
Spanish, noun/meθkinˈdad/
mezquindad is spelled M-E-Z-Q-U-I-N-D-A-D (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 40,167th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mezquindad is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “meanness, stinginess, paltriness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cualidad de quien reduce excesivamente el gasto que debería hacer”.
What does mezquindad mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemeanness, stinginess, paltriness
- 2
femininesmall-mindedness, pettiness
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cualidad de quien reduce excesivamente el gasto que debería hacer. 2. Cualidad de quien carece de principios éticos. 3. Acción o cosa tacaña o ruin.
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 mezquindad
- mezquindades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mezquindad?
- /meθkinˈdad/
- [meθ.kĩn̪ˈd̪að̞]
- /meskinˈdad/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mezquindad
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mezquindad in Spanish?
mezquindad appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).