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el cheapo

el cheapo adjective: cheap; inexpensive; of low quality.

Adjective

el cheapo (not comparable)

  1. (slang) Cheap; inexpensive; of low quality.
    • I only had five bucks, so I bought the el cheapo headphones.

Noun

el cheapo (plural el cheapos)

  1. (capitalized, often, slang) A mock-honorific title given to a particular person who is stingy.
    • Don't expect a big tip from El Cheapo over there.
  2. (slang) A person who is stingy; a miser.
    • He's such an el cheapo that his wallet hasn't been opened for days.
  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.

el cheapo meaning in Bengali

el cheapo in Bengali

সস্তা, সুলভ, নিচু মানের, কৃপণ ব্যক্তি, একজন কৃপণ

Synonyms of el cheapo

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All synonyms of el cheapo

Forms of el cheapo

pluralel cheapos

Origin of el cheapo

From Spanish el (“the”) + cheap + -o (“mock-Spanish suffix”).

Questions about el cheapo

What does el cheapo mean?
El cheapo means cheap; inexpensive; of low quality.
What is el cheapo in Bengali?
El cheapo in Bengali is সস্তা, সুলভ, নিচু মানের. See El cheapo meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is el cheapo?
El cheapo can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near el cheapo in the dictionary

  1. El Capitan
  2. El Carmen
  3. El Carrizal
  4. El Centro
  5. El Cerrito
  6. el cheapo
  7. el cheapos
  8. El Clasico
  9. El Clásico
  10. El Clásicos
  11. El Collao

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