usurero
See also: usurerò
Spanish
Etymology
Probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin ūsūrārius.
Noun
usurero m (plural usureros, feminine usurera, feminine plural usureras)
- usurer, loan shark (someone lending money at exorbitant rates of interest)
- Synonym: prestamista
Related terms
- usura f
- usurario
Further reading
- “usurero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014