mileurista

mileurista

Spanish

Etymology

mil +‎ euros +‎ -ista. Term coined by Carolina Alguacil in a letter to the editor of the newspaper El País on August 21, 2005 with "Yo soy mileurista" (I am mileurista).[1][2][3]

Adjective

mileurista (plural mileuristas)

1. (Spain) Someone who having an income barely close to 1,000 euros a month, and generally is considered below its professional expectations
2. (Spain) Related mileurista or mileurismo. E. g. salario mileurista

   salario mileurista ― salary of one thousand euros

Noun

mileurista m or f (plural mileuristas)

1. (Spain) Someone who having an income barely close to 1,000 euros a month, and generally is considered below its professional expectations

Related terms

• mileurismo

References

1. Yo soy 'mileurista'
2. "Ya no soy 'mileurista', pero sólo técnicamente"
3. ¿Quién inventó la palabra mileurista?

Further reading

• mileurista on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es
• “mileurista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014