tacaño
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian taccagno, probably from Hebrew תקנה (takaná, “religious ordinance, rule”), whence also Yiddish תּקנה (takone, “correction”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tacaño (feminine tacaña, masculine plural tacaños, feminine plural tacañas)
Noun[edit]
tacaño m (plural tacaños, feminine tacaña, feminine plural tacañas)
- miser, cheapskate, tightwad, skinflint, penny pincher, niggard (someone avoiding to spend money)
Further reading[edit]
- “tacaño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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