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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024