sacacuartos

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of saca (“to remove”) +‎ cuartos (“fortunes (lots of money)”).

Noun

sacacuartos m (plural sacacuartos)

1. (colloquial) waste of money

   Synonym: sacadineros

2. (colloquial) swindler, rip-off merchant

Further reading

• “sacacuartos”, 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