"el cheapo" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-el cheapo.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From Spanish el (“the”) + cheap + -o (“mock-Spanish suffix”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|es|el||the}} Spanish el (“the”), {{m|en|cheap}} cheap, {{af|en|-o|t1=mock-Spanish suffix}} -o (“mock-Spanish suffix”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} el cheapo (not comparable)
  1. (slang) Cheap; inexpensive; of low quality. Tags: not-comparable, slang Synonyms: no-name, brand X
    Sense id: en-el_cheapo-en-adj-QnxuQLUc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pseudo-loans from Spanish, English terms suffixed with -o, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 33 3 30 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 37 29 3 31 Disambiguation of English pseudo-loans from Spanish: 32 34 6 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -o: 34 30 3 33 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 35 32 3 30

Noun

Audio: En-au-el cheapo.ogg [Australia] Forms: el cheapos [plural]
Etymology: From Spanish el (“the”) + cheap + -o (“mock-Spanish suffix”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|es|el||the}} Spanish el (“the”), {{m|en|cheap}} cheap, {{af|en|-o|t1=mock-Spanish suffix}} -o (“mock-Spanish suffix”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} el cheapo (plural el cheapos)
  1. (slang, often capitalized) A mock-honorific title given to a particular person who is stingy. Tags: capitalized, often, slang
    Sense id: en-el_cheapo-en-noun-1wWO7N7y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pseudo-loans from Spanish, English terms suffixed with -o, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 33 3 30 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 37 29 3 31 Disambiguation of English pseudo-loans from Spanish: 32 34 6 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -o: 34 30 3 33 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 35 32 3 30
  2. (slang) A person who is stingy; a miser. Tags: slang Categories (topical): People Synonyms: see miser
    Sense id: en-el_cheapo-en-noun-vnexv-c~ Disambiguation of People: 1 32 55 12
  3. (slang) On the game show The Price Is Right, used in reference to the lowest two-digit number on a board of (initially) nine numbers in the pricing game Money Game. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-el_cheapo-en-noun-RMXv~OrD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pseudo-loans from Spanish, English terms suffixed with -o, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 33 3 30 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 37 29 3 31 Disambiguation of English pseudo-loans from Spanish: 32 34 6 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -o: 34 30 3 33 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 35 32 3 30

Inflected forms

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