pesetero
Spanish, noun/peseˈteɾo/
pesetero is spelled P-E-S-E-T-E-R-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish, the 195,910th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pesetero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “tight-fisted, stingy, miser” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does pesetero mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialderogatorymasculinetight-fisted, stingy, miser
- 2
colloquialderogatorymasculinemoneygrubber/money-grubber
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 2. Se decía de lo que costaba una peseta o, despectivamente, de lo que es de mala calidad.
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 pesetero
- peseteros plural
- pesetera feminine
- peseteras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pesetero?
- /peseˈteɾo/
- [pe.seˈt̪e.ɾo]
- [peseˈt̪eɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pesetero
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pesetero in Spanish?
pesetero appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).