usurero
usuréro with stress marks
male usurer; male moneylender who charges excessive interest
Usage Note
Usurero is the masculine Spanish-derived term for a man who lends money at exploitatively high interest rates. Like its feminine counterpart usurera, it carries heavy negative moral weight and appears in legal discourse, literature, and community speech as a condemnation of predatory lending practices.
Examples
" Huwag kang umutang sa usurero. "
Natural Translation
Don't borrow from a usurer.
Literal Translation
Don't you borrow from usurer.
" Iwasang umutang sa isang usurero dahil sa mataas na interes. "
Natural Translation
Avoid borrowing from a male usurer because of the high interest rates.
Literal Translation
Avoid to borrow from a male usurer because of high interest.
" Maraming magsasaka ang nabaon sa utang nang humiram sila sa usurero na naniningil ng napakataas na interes tuwing anihan. "
Natural Translation
Many farmers got buried in debt when they borrowed from a usurer who charges extremely high interest every harvest.
Literal Translation
Many farmer the got-buried in debt when borrowed they from usurer that charges of very-high interest every harvest.
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