pordiosero

Spanish

FWOTD – 12 April 2019

Etymology

Compound of por Dios, used to appeal for charity or alms, +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poɾdjoˈseɾo/ [poɾ.ð̞joˈse.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: por‧dio‧se‧ro

Noun

pordiosero m (plural pordioseros, feminine pordiosera, feminine plural pordioseras)

1. beggar (a person who begs)

   Synonyms: mendigo, mendicante, limosnero

   • 2013 January 13, Leonardo Tarifeño, “El "santo" de los delincuentes irrumpe en pleno Florida”, in La Nación‎^[1]:

     El pordiosero había dejado el breakdance y descansaba a un lado de un parlante mientras pedía una moneda.

     The beggar had stopped breakdancing and was resting next to a loudspeaker while he asked for a coin.

Related terms

• pordiosear

 

Further reading

• “pordiosero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10