sacacuartos

Spanish

Etymology

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

Noun

sacacuartos m (plural sacacuartos)

(colloquial) waste of money
Synonym: sacadineros
(colloquial) swindler, rip-off merchant

Further reading

“sacacuartos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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