mileurista

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mileuˈɾista/ [mi.leu̯ˈɾis.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -ista
  • Syllabification: mi‧leu‧ris‧ta

Adjective

mileurista m or f (masculine and feminine 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
    salario mileurista ― salary of one thousand euros

Noun

mileurista m or f by sense (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

References
  1. Alguacil, Carolina (2005 August 20) “Yo soy ‘mileurista’”, in El País‎ (in Spanish), retrieved 6 January 2024
  2. Mars, Amanda (2009 October 17) “"Ya no soy 'mileurista', pero sólo técnicamente"”, in El País‎ (in Spanish), retrieved 6 January 2024
  3. Gallego, David (2017 June 15) “¿Quién inventó la palabra mileurista?”, in BBVA (in Spanish), retrieved 6 January 2024

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