Tacaño in english

Stingy

pronunciation: stɪndʒi part of speech: adjective

In gestures

tacaño = cheap ; stingy ; parsimonious ; tight-fisted ; miser ; scrooge ; skinflint ; penny-pinching ; tightwad ; cheapskate ; piker ; penny pincher ; mingy .

Example: The unregistered shareware version displays a message to anyone accessing the server that the owner is too cheap to pay the shareware fee.Example: All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.Example: He joked that he had to be 'very parsimonious, indeed very Scottish,' in his management of IFLA finances = He joked that he had to be 'very parsimonious, indeed very Scottish,' in his management of IFLA finances.Example: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.Example: If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.Example: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.Example: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Example: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Example: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Example: Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.Example: For pikers like me it's a tremendous comfort to know that at this moment, counting what I owe, I have more money than Donald Trump.Example: However I am a 'penny pincher' and always on the look out for ways I can save myself a few dollars.Example: I bought a few random issues just because I felt bad leaving such a mingy store empty handed, but I definitely will not be going back.

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» ser tacaño = be a tight-ass/arse .

Example: Don't be such a tight-ass and pay the full price, it's cheap anyway.

Tacaño synonyms

mean in spanish: media, pronunciation: min verb, adjective, nounclose in spanish: cerrar, pronunciation: kloʊs adverb, adjectivetight in spanish: apretado, pronunciation: taɪt adjectivelittle in spanish: pequeño, pronunciation: lɪtəl adjective, adverbsmall in spanish: pequeña, pronunciation: smɔl adjectivenear in spanish: cerca, pronunciation: nɪr verb, adjective, adverbmeager in spanish: pobre, pronunciation: migɜr adjectivecheap in spanish: barato, pronunciation: tʃip adjectiveparsimonious in spanish: parsimonioso, pronunciation: pɑrsəmoʊniəs adjectiveselfish in spanish: egoísta, pronunciation: selfɪʃ adjectivepenurious in spanish: pobre, pronunciation: penjuriəs adjectivechintzy in spanish: tosco, pronunciation: tʃɪntsi adjectivemiserly in spanish: avaro, pronunciation: maɪzɜrli adjectiveniggardly in spanish: tacaño, pronunciation: nɪgɜrdli adjectivemingy in spanish: tacaño, pronunciation: mɪndʒi adjectivegrudging in spanish: avaro, pronunciation: grʌdʒɪŋ adjectivebeggarly in spanish: miserable, pronunciation: bɪgɑrli adjectivecheeseparing in spanish: tacaño, pronunciation: tʃizperɪŋ adjectivescrimpy in spanish: avaro, pronunciation: skrɪmpi adjectiveungenerous in spanish: poco generoso, pronunciation: əndʒenɜrəs adjectivechinchy in spanish: Chinchy, pronunciation: tʃɪntʃi adjectivepenny-pinching in spanish: penny-pellizco, pronunciation: penipɪntʃɪŋ noun, adjectivetightfisted in spanish: apretado, pronunciation: taɪtfɪstɪd adjectiveclosefisted in spanish: de cerca, pronunciation: kloʊsfɪstɪd adjectivescrimy in spanish: escrupuloso, pronunciation: skrɪmi adjectivehardfisted in spanish: puño duro, pronunciation: hɑrdfɪstɪd adjective