chupón

Spanish

adj
Definitions
  • (Spain) hoarding, profiteering, sponging said of a person who abuses a situation to get the best of it, in broad sense, not only referred to money or goods, it can be used as a noun

Etymology

Suffix from Spanish, Castilian chupar (it sucks, sucks).

Origin

Spanish

chupar

Gloss

it sucks, sucks

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