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1 tacaño
adj.mean, cheap, cheapskate, close-fisted.m.miser, tightwad, Scrooge.* * *► adjetivo1 mean, stingy► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 skinflint, miser* * *(f. - tacaña)adj.* * *ADJ1) (=avaro) mean, stingy2) (=astuto) crafty* * *I- ña adjetivo stingy, meanII- ña masculino, femenino miser, tightwad (AmE colloq)* * *= cheap, stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], parsimonious, tight-fisted, miser, scrooge, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, cheapskate.Ex. The unregistered shareware version displays a message to anyone accessing the server that the owner is too cheap to pay the shareware fee.Ex. 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.Ex. He joked that he had to be 'very parsimonious, indeed very Scottish,' in his management of IFLA finances = Bromeó diciendo que tenía que ser "muy cuidadoso, de hecho muy escocés", en su administración de los fondos de la IFLA.Ex. The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.Ex. 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.Ex. The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex. Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.* * *I- ña adjetivo stingy, meanII- ña masculino, femenino miser, tightwad (AmE colloq)* * *= cheap, stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], parsimonious, tight-fisted, miser, scrooge, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, cheapskate.Ex: The unregistered shareware version displays a message to anyone accessing the server that the owner is too cheap to pay the shareware fee.
Ex: 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.Ex: He joked that he had to be 'very parsimonious, indeed very Scottish,' in his management of IFLA finances = Bromeó diciendo que tenía que ser "muy cuidadoso, de hecho muy escocés", en su administración de los fondos de la IFLA.Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.Ex: 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.Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex: Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.* * *miserly, stingy, meanmasculine, feminine* * *
tacaño◊ -ña adjetivo
stingy, mean
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
miser, tightwad (AmE colloq)
tacaño,-a
I adjetivo mean, stingy, miserly
II sustantivo masculino y femenino miser, scrooge
' tacaño' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cutre
- rata
- roñosa
- roñoso
- ruin
- tacaña
- agarrado
- apretado
- judío
- mezquindad
- mezquino
- mirar
- pinche
English:
cheap
- mean
- meanie
- miserly
- niggardly
- penny-pinching
- stingy
- tight
- tightfisted
* * *tacaño, -a♦ adjmean, miserly♦ nm,fmean o miserly person;ser un tacaño to be mean o miserly* * *I adj fammiserly, stingy famII m, tacaña f fammiser fam, tightwad fam* * *tacaño, -ña adjmezquino: stingy, miserlytacaño, -ña n: miser, tightwad* * *tacaño1 adj mean¡no seas tacaño! don't be mean!tacaño2 n skinflint -
2 tacańo
• close-fisted• knavish• miser• miserly• niggard• niggling• pinchpenny• Scrooge• stingy• tightfisted• tightwad -
3 tacańo en lo pequeńo
• penny-wise -
4 tacańo en lo pequeńo derrochador en lo grande
• penny-wise pound-foolishDiccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > tacańo en lo pequeńo derrochador en lo grande
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5 muy tacańo
• very stingy -
6 ser muy tacańo
• be really stingy• be stingy -
7 ser tacańo
• be a miser• be miserly• look twice at every penny -
8 ser un tacańo
• be a miser• be mean• be miserly• be stingy -
9 muy tacaño
adj.very stingy. -
10 ser tacaño
v.to be miserly, to be a miser, to be stingy, to look twice at every penny. -
11 rácano
adj.1 slothful, idle.2 stingy, mean.m.1 Scrooge, mean devil.2 bum.* * *► adjetivo2 familiar (holgazán) idle, lazy* * *rácano, -a *1. ADJ1) (=tacaño) stingy *, mean2) (=vago) bone idle3) (=artero) sly, cunning2. SM / F1) (=tacaño) mean devil, scrooge *2) (=vago) slacker, idler* * *I II* * *I II* * *rácano11 = stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, scrooge, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad.Ex: 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.
Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.Ex: 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.Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.rácano22 = layabout.Ex: There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.
* * *( fam)2 (malhumorado) bad-temperedmasculine, feminine( fam)2 (malhumorado) bad-tempered person ( o devil etc)* * *
rácano,-a
I adj fam pey
1 (con el dinero) stingy, mean
2 (con el trabajo) lazy
II sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 (con el dinero) scrooge, miser
2 (con el trabajo) layabout, slacker
' rácano' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aflojar
- rácana
* * *rácano, -a Fam Pey♦ adj1. [tacaño] mean, stingy2. [holgazán] idle, lazy♦ nm,f1. [tacaño] mean o stingy devil2. [holgazán] lazybones* * *I adj famstingy fam, meanII m, rácana f tightwad fam, skinflint fam* * * -
12 rata
adj.stingy, mean (informal).f.1 rat.rata de agua water rat2 pickpocket, sneak thief, filcher.3 despicable person, rat.4 rate.5 Atlantic stargazer, Uranoscopus scaber.f. & m.stingy person (informal).* * *1 ZOOLOGÍA rat1 (tacaño) miser, skinflint\ser más pobre que las ratas familiar to be as poor as a church mouse* * *noun f.* * *1.SF ratrata negra — black rat, house rat
2. SMF *1) (=tacaño) miser, mean devil, stingy devil *2) (=ladrón) sneak thief* * *I II III1) (Zool) rathacerse la rata — (RPI fam) to play hooky (esp AmE colloq), to skive off (school) (BrE colloq)
ser más pobre que una rata — to be as poor as a church mouse
2) (Col) (Econ, Mat) ( tasa) rate; ( razón) ratio; ( porcentaje) percentage* * *= rat.Ex. There are two books published under the titles 'Denmark's Day of Doom' and ' Rats in the Larder'.----* rata almizclada = muskrat.* rata almizclera = muskrat.* rata del desierto = desert rat.* * *I II III1) (Zool) rathacerse la rata — (RPI fam) to play hooky (esp AmE colloq), to skive off (school) (BrE colloq)
ser más pobre que una rata — to be as poor as a church mouse
2) (Col) (Econ, Mat) ( tasa) rate; ( razón) ratio; ( porcentaje) percentage* * *= rat.Ex: There are two books published under the titles 'Denmark's Day of Doom' and ' Rats in the Larder'.
* rata almizclada = muskrat.* rata almizclera = muskrat.* rata del desierto = desert rat.* * *rata1rata2rata3A ( Zool) ratno se salvó ni una rata no-one escapedser más pobre que las ratas or que una rata to be as poor as a church mouseCompuestos:white ratsewer ratlaboratory rat* * *
rata sustantivo femenino
1 (Zool) rat;◊ hacerse la rata (RPI fam) to play hooky (esp AmE colloq), to skive off (school) (BrE colloq)
2 (Col) (Econ, Mat) ( tasa) rate;
( razón) ratio;
( porcentaje) percentage
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (fam) ( tacaño) miser, stingy devil (colloq), tightwad (AmE colloq)
rata
I sustantivo femenino
1 Zool rat
2 pey (persona despreciable) swine, rat
II mf fam (persona tacaña) miser
III adjetivo familiar (tacaño, avaro) mean, stingy
' rata' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
tamaña
- tamaño
English:
poor
- pro rata
- rat
- hooky
- truant
* * *rata1 nfrat;RP Fam rata de agua water vole o rat;rata de alcantarilla [animal] brown rat;Fam [persona despreciable] swine;rata campestre black rat;rata canguro kangaroo rat;Fam rata de sacristía [persona] fanatical churchgoer♦ adjstingy, mean♦ nmfcheapskate;ser un rata to be a cheapskate* * *I f ZO rat;una rata poor as a church mouseII m/f famrat fam* * *rata nf1) : rat2) Col, Pan, Peru : rate, percentage* * *rata n1. (animal) rat2. (persona) miser -
13 roñoso
adj.dirty, filthy.* * *► adjetivo1 (sucio) filthy, dirty2 (sarnoso) mangy► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 familiar scrooge, miser* * *ADJ1) (=mugriento) dirty, filthy; [metal] rusty2) (=tacaño) mean, stingy3) (=inútil) useless4) (Vet) mangy5) And (=tramposo) tricky, slippery* * *I- sa adjetivo1) [ESTAR]a) ( mugriento) dirtyb) ( oxidado) rusty2) [SER] (fam) ( tacaño) tight-fisted (colloq), stingy (colloq)3) [ESTAR] (Vet) mangyII* * *= stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, cheapskate.Ex. 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.Ex. The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.Ex. 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.Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex. Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.* * *I- sa adjetivo1) [ESTAR]a) ( mugriento) dirtyb) ( oxidado) rusty2) [SER] (fam) ( tacaño) tight-fisted (colloq), stingy (colloq)3) [ESTAR] (Vet) mangyII* * *= stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, cheapskate.Ex: 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.
Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.Ex: 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.Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex: Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.* * *A [ ESTAR]1 (mugriento) dirtylleva el cuello de la camisa roñoso his shirt collar's really grubby o engrained with dirttengo el pelo roñoso my hair is filthylos azulejos de la cocina están roñosos the kitchen tiles are covered in grime o encrusted with dirt2 (oxidado) rustyC [ ESTAR] ( Vet) mangymasculine, feminine( fam)* * *
roñoso◊ -sa adjetivo
1 [ESTAR]
c) (Vet) mangy
2 [SER] (fam) ( tacaño) tight-fisted (colloq), stingy (colloq)
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) scrooge (colloq), skinflint (colloq)
roñoso,-a adjetivo
1 (muy sucio) filthy, dirty
2 (oxidado) rusty
3 fam (tacaño, avariento) stingy
' roñoso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
roñosa
English:
cheapskate
* * *roñoso, -a♦ adj1. [sucio] dirty;la habitación estaba roñosa the room was filthy3. Carib, Méx [ofendido] resentful♦ nm,fFam skinflint, tightwad* * *adj grimy, grubby* * *roñoso, -sa adj1) : mangy2) : dirty* * *roñoso adj2. (tacaño) mean -
14 agarrado
adj.1 stingy, miserly, mean.2 clutched.past part.past participle of spanish verb: agarrar.* * *1→ link=agarrar agarrar► adjetivo1 familiar stingy, tight\bailar agarrado to dance cheek to cheek* * *ADJ1) mean, stingy2)* * *I- da adjetivoa) [ser] (fam) ( tacaño) tightfisted (colloq)b) [estar] (CS fam) ( enamorado) in loveII III* * *= stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, cheapskate.Ex. 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.Ex. The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.Ex. 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.Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex. Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.* * *I- da adjetivoa) [ser] (fam) ( tacaño) tightfisted (colloq)b) [estar] (CS fam) ( enamorado) in loveII III* * *= stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, cheapskate.Ex: 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.
Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.Ex: 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.Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.Ex: Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.* * *2masculine, feminine( fam)bailar agarrado to dance closely, dance cheek to cheek* * *
Del verbo agarrar: ( conjugate agarrar)
agarrado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
agarrado
agarrar
agarrado 1◊ -da adjetivo
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) ( tacaño) skinflint (colloq), tightwad (AmE colloq)
agarrado 2 adverbio:
agarrar ( conjugate agarrar) verbo transitivo
1 ( sujetar) to grab, get hold of;
(con violencia, rapidez) she grabbed me by the arm
2 (esp AmL) ‹ objeto› ( tomar) to take;
( atajar) to catch;
3 (AmL) (pescar, atrapar) to catch;◊ si lo agarro, lo mato if I get o lay my hands on him, I'll kill him
4 (esp AmL) ( adquirir) ‹resfriado/pulmonía› to catch;
‹costumbre/vicio› to pick up;
‹ ritmo› to get into;
‹ velocidad› to gather, pick up;
le agarró asco he got sick of it;
le he agarrado odio I've come to hate him
5 (AmL) ( entender) ‹indirecta/chiste› to get
verbo intransitivo
1 (asir, sujetar):◊ toma, agarra here, hold this;
agarra por ahí take hold of that part
2 [planta/injerto] to take;
[ tornillo] to grip, catch;
[ ruedas] to grip;
[ tinte] to take
agarrarse verbo pronominal
1 ( asirse) to hold on;
agárrate bien or fuerte hold on tight;
agarradose a or de algo to hold on to sth;
2 ‹dedo/manga› to catch;
3 (esp AmL) ‹resfriado/pulmonía› to catch;
agarradose un disgusto/una rabieta to get upset/into a temper
4 (AmL fam) ( pelearse) to get into a fight;
agarradose con algn to have a set-to with sb (colloq)
agarrado,-a adjetivo
1 familiar stingy, tight
2 (baile) cheek-to-cheek dancing
agarrar verbo transitivo
1 (sujetar con fuerza) to grasp, seize: lo tienes bien agarrado, you are holding it tightly
2 LAm (coger) to take
3 fam (pillar a alguien, un resfriado) to catch
agarrar(se) una borrachera, to get drunk o fam pissed
' agarrado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agarrar
- agarrada
- soltar
English:
meanie
- clutch
- grasp
- grip
- tight
* * *agarrado, -a♦ adj1. [asido]me tenía agarrado de un brazo/del cuello he had me by the arm/the throat;agarrados del brazo arm in arm;agarrados de la mano hand in hand♦ nm,fFam [tacaño]ser un agarrado to be tight o stingy♦ nmFam [baile] slow dance♦ advFambailar agarrado to dance cheek to cheek* * *adj1 fammean, stingy fam2:bailar agarrado dance close together* * * -
15 miserable
adj.1 poor (pobre).2 miserable (penoso, insuficiente).3 contemptible, base (vil).4 mean (tacaño).5 miserly, mean, stingy.6 meager, scant.f. & m.1 wretch, vile person (persona vil).2 mean person, miser (tacaño).* * *► adjetivo1 (desdichado) miserable2 (insignificante) miserly; (tacaño) mean3 (malvado) wretched1 (malvado) wretch2 (tacaño) miser* * *adj.1) miserable, wretched2) despicable* * *1. ADJ1) (=tacaño) mean, stingy; (=avaro) miserly2) [sueldo] miserable, paltry3) (=vil) vile, despicable4) [lugar, habitación] squalid, wretched5) (=desdichado) wretched2. SMF1) (=desgraciado) wretch2) (=canalla) swine, wretch¡miserable! — you miserable wretch!
* * *Ib) ( avaro) mean, stingy (colloq)c) ( malvado) malicious, nastyIImasculino y femenino wretch, scoundrel* * *= mean [meaner -comp., meanest -sup.], miserable, squalid, mean-spirited, paltry [paltrier -comp., paltriest -sup.], measly [measlier -comp., measliest -sup.], dastardly, cheapskate.Ex. Whereas in most European countries during this period welfare provision continued to develop, in Australia it languished at a level which, with the exception of Japan, was the meanest of the developed countries.Ex. Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.Ex. Don't waste your time on this mean-spirited little film of no consequence.Ex. And there is no guarantee that any of the paltry sums of extra money available will actually benefit the workers in the recipient countries.Ex. Despite the Bank of England's base rate having risen by a full percentage point, the average savings rate is still ' measly'.Ex. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.Ex. Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.----* fracaso miserable = miserable failure.* llevar una vida miserable = live + wretched existence.* * *Ib) ( avaro) mean, stingy (colloq)c) ( malvado) malicious, nastyIImasculino y femenino wretch, scoundrel* * *= mean [meaner -comp., meanest -sup.], miserable, squalid, mean-spirited, paltry [paltrier -comp., paltriest -sup.], measly [measlier -comp., measliest -sup.], dastardly, cheapskate.Ex: Whereas in most European countries during this period welfare provision continued to develop, in Australia it languished at a level which, with the exception of Japan, was the meanest of the developed countries.
Ex: Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.Ex: Don't waste your time on this mean-spirited little film of no consequence.Ex: And there is no guarantee that any of the paltry sums of extra money available will actually benefit the workers in the recipient countries.Ex: Despite the Bank of England's base rate having risen by a full percentage point, the average savings rate is still ' measly'.Ex: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.Ex: Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.* fracaso miserable = miserable failure.* llevar una vida miserable = live + wretched existence.* * *1 (pobre) ‹vivienda› miserable, wretched; ‹sueldo› paltry, miserable3 (malvado) malicious, nastywretch, scoundrel, nasty piece of work ( colloq)* * *
miserable adjetivo
‹ sueldo› paltry, miserable
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
wretch, scoundrel
miserable
I adjetivo
1 (lástimoso, pobre) wretched, poor: gana un sueldo miserable, she earns a miserable salary
2 (malvado, ruin) despicable
un comportamiento miserable, despicable behaviour
3 (avariento) mean
II mf
1 (mezquino) miser
2 (canalla) wretch, scoundrel: un miserable le robó la bicicleta, some scoundrel stole his bicycle
' miserable' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
astrosa
- astroso
- escoria
- mezquina
- mezquino
- mísera
- miseria
- mísero
- pajolera
- pajolero
- chancho
- triste
English:
abject
- miser
- miserable
- niggardly
- skimpy
- squalid
- stingy
- bleak
- sorry
* * *♦ adj1. [pobre] poor;[vivienda] wretched, squalid2. [penoso, insuficiente] miserable3. [vil] contemptible, base4. [tacaño] mean♦ nmf1. [persona vil] wretch, vile person2. [tacaño] mean person, miser* * *I adj wretchedII m/f1 ( tacaño) skinflint2 ( canalla) swine* * *miserable adj1) lastimoso: miserable, wretched2) : paltry, meager3) mezquino: stingy, miserly4) : despicable, vile -
16 judío
adj.Jewish, Judean.m.1 Jew, Hebrew.2 Jew, Jewess man.3 bullet tuna, Auxis rochei.* * *► adjetivo1 (gen) Jewish3 familiar peyorativo miserly► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (persona) Jew3 familiar peyorativo miser, scrooge* * *1. (f. - judía)noun2. (f. - judía)adj.* * *judío, -a1. ADJ1) [pueblo, religión] Jewish2) pey (=tacaño) mean, miserly2.SM / F Jew/Jewess, Jewish man/womanjudía* * *I- día adjetivo1) (Relig, Sociol) Jewish2) (fam) ( tacaño) miserly, tightfisted (colloq)II- día masculino, femenino Jewish person, Jew* * *= Jew, Jewish, Kike, Judaean.Nota: Referido al mundo antiguo.Ex. Why do only Catholics, Jews, Negroes, and women transcend their particular nationality?.Ex. Enter a Jewish liturgical work under its title.Ex. Consider now what we're going to place in the right-hand column, one for one, analogous: Krauts, Wops, Frogs, Kikes, Polacks, Micks, and Gringos.Ex. This article provides a summary of the discoveries related to the storage of documents from the period of the Israelite and Judaean kings (circa 1000-587 B.C.), including ostraca (broken pieces of pottery with writing on them) and seals and seal impressions.----* carácter judío = Jewishness.* judío devoto = devout Jew.* judío israelita = Israeli Jewish.* judíos = Jewry.* naturaleza judía = Jewishness.* * *I- día adjetivo1) (Relig, Sociol) Jewish2) (fam) ( tacaño) miserly, tightfisted (colloq)II- día masculino, femenino Jewish person, Jew* * *= Jew, Jewish, Kike, Judaean.Nota: Referido al mundo antiguo.Ex: Why do only Catholics, Jews, Negroes, and women transcend their particular nationality?.
Ex: Enter a Jewish liturgical work under its title.Ex: Consider now what we're going to place in the right-hand column, one for one, analogous: Krauts, Wops, Frogs, Kikes, Polacks, Micks, and Gringos.Ex: This article provides a summary of the discoveries related to the storage of documents from the period of the Israelite and Judaean kings (circa 1000-587 B.C.), including ostraca (broken pieces of pottery with writing on them) and seals and seal impressions.* carácter judío = Jewishness.* judío devoto = devout Jew.* judío israelita = Israeli Jewish.* judíos = Jewry.* naturaleza judía = Jewishness.* * *masculine, feminineJewish person, Jewcomo un judío errante like a wandering Jew* * *
judío◊ - día adjetivo
1 (Relig, Sociol) Jewish
2 (fam & pey) ( tacaño) miserly, tightfisted (colloq)
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
Jewish person, Jew
judío,-a
I adjetivo Jewish
II sustantivo masculino y femenino Jew
' judío' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ghetto
- gueto
- judía
- rito
English:
Jew
- Jewish
- Sabbath
* * *judío, -a♦ adj1. [hebreo] Jewish♦ nm,f1. [hebreo] Jew, f Jewess* * *I adj JewishII m, judía f Jew* * *: Jewish: Jewish person, Jew* * *judío1 adj Jewishjudío2 n Jew -
17 apretado
adj.tight, confining, binding, serried.past part.past participle of spanish verb: apretar.* * *1→ link=apretar apretar► adjetivo1 (objeto) tight2 (en un espacio) jammed; (personas) crowded, cramped3 (ocupado) busy4 (difícil) tight, difficult\estar/ir apretado,-a de dinero to be short of money* * *(f. - apretada)adj.* * *ADJ1) [tapa, tornillo, ropa] tightle puso la venda bien apretadita en la pierna — she put the bandage tightly around his leg, she tightened the bandage around his leg
2) (=difícil) difficult3) (=ocupado) [agenda, mañana] busyun apretado programa de actividades — a very full o busy programme of activities
4) (=apretujado) [en asiento, vehículo] squashed, crampedsi te sientas ahí, vamos a estar muy apretados — if you sit there we're going to be really squashed o cramped
pusieron a los hinchas apretados contra las vallas — they shoved o pushed the fans against the barriers
5) * (=tacaño) tight-fisted *, tight *6) * (=tozudo) pig-headed *7) [escritura] cramped8) Méx (=presumido) conceited9) Caribe [sin dinero] broke *, flat (EEUU) *10) Ven (=aprovechado)usa el teléfono sin pedir permiso ¡qué apretado es! — he uses the phone without asking permission, he's got a real cheek *
* * *- da adjetivo1)a) ( ajustado) tightb) ( sin dinero)andamos or estamos algo apretados — we're a little short of money (colloq)
c) ( apretujado) crampedíbamos muy apretados — it was o we were very cramped
2) <calendario/programa> tight; < victoria> narrow3) (fam) ( tacaño) tight (colloq), tightfisted (colloq)4) (Ven fam) ( estricto) strict* * *= serried, tight [tighter -comp., tightest -sup.], dense [denser -comp., densest -sup.], tight-fitting, cramped.Ex. Looking at the foot-thick carpet of serried and disordered books everywhere on the floor, he agreed that the library was outgrowing its accommodations.Ex. The platen was lashed up tight to the toe of the spindle by cords which connected hooks at its four corners to another set of hooks at the four lower corners of the hose.Ex. The author describes in detail the development of an integrated system of children's libraries in Singapore which has a dense, mostly urban, multilingual population.Ex. Caution should be taken if subjects are clothed in tight-fitting swimsuit.Ex. Vissenbjerg Library, Funen, serving a population of 5,860 and converted to full-time status in 1980, is placed in a stagnant shopping centre in cramped conditions.* * *- da adjetivo1)a) ( ajustado) tightb) ( sin dinero)andamos or estamos algo apretados — we're a little short of money (colloq)
c) ( apretujado) crampedíbamos muy apretados — it was o we were very cramped
2) <calendario/programa> tight; < victoria> narrow3) (fam) ( tacaño) tight (colloq), tightfisted (colloq)4) (Ven fam) ( estricto) strict* * *= serried, tight [tighter -comp., tightest -sup.], dense [denser -comp., densest -sup.], tight-fitting, cramped.Ex: Looking at the foot-thick carpet of serried and disordered books everywhere on the floor, he agreed that the library was outgrowing its accommodations.
Ex: The platen was lashed up tight to the toe of the spindle by cords which connected hooks at its four corners to another set of hooks at the four lower corners of the hose.Ex: The author describes in detail the development of an integrated system of children's libraries in Singapore which has a dense, mostly urban, multilingual population.Ex: Caution should be taken if subjects are clothed in tight-fitting swimsuit.Ex: Vissenbjerg Library, Funen, serving a population of 5,860 and converted to full-time status in 1980, is placed in a stagnant shopping centre in cramped conditions.* * *apretado -daA1 (ajustado) tightesta falda me queda muy apretada this skirt is very tight on me o too tight for meeste nudo está muy apretado this knot is very tightno hagas el punto tan apretado don't knit so tightlytiene la letra muy apretada he has very cramped handwriting2(de dinero): este mes andamos or estamos apretados we're a little short of money this month, money's a bit tight this month ( colloq)3 (apretujado) crampedíbamos muy apretados it was o we were very crampedcaben cinco pero bastante apretados there's room for five but it's a tight squeeze o it's a little crampeden ese piso tan pequeño viven muy apretados they're very cramped in that tiny apartmentB1 ‹calendario/programa› tight2 ‹victoria› narrow1 (de carácter fuerte) strict2* * *
Del verbo apretar: ( conjugate apretar)
apretado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
apretado
apretar
apretado◊ -da adjetivo
1
2 ‹calendario/programa› tight;
‹ victoria› narrow
3 (fam) ( tacaño) tight (colloq), tightfisted (colloq)
apretar ( conjugate apretar) verbo transitivo
1
‹ acelerador› to put one's foot on, press;
‹ gatillo› to pull, squeeze
‹puño/mandíbulas› to clench;
2a) ( apretujar):◊ apretó al niño contra su pecho he clasped o clutched the child to his breast;
me apretó el brazo con fuerza he squeezed o gripped my arm firmly
verbo intransitivo
1 [ropa/zapatos] (+ me/te/le etc) to be too tight;
2 ( hacer presión) to press down (o in etc)
apretarse verbo pronominal
to squeeze o squash together
apretado,-a adjetivo
1 (muy ceñido) tight: íbamos todos apretados en el metro, we were all squashed together in the tube
2 (atareado) busy
apretar
I vtr (pulsar un botón) to press
(el cinturón, un tornillo) to tighten
(el gatillo) to pull: me aprietan los zapatos, these shoes are too tight for me
II verbo intransitivo el calor ha apretado en julio, it was really hot in July
♦ Locuciones: apretar el paso, to hasten, hurry
apretarle las clavijas a alguien, to put the screws on someone
donde aprieta el zapato, where the problem is
' apretado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apretar
- apretada
- justa
- justo
- calendario
English:
cramped
- full
- heavy
- schedule
- tight
- dense
- feel
* * *apretado, -a♦ adj1. [ropa, nudo, tuerca] tight;estos pantalones me quedan apretados these trousers are too tight for me2. [estrujado] cramped;en esta oficina estamos muy apretados we're very cramped in this office;íbamos un poco apretados en el coche it was a bit of a squeeze o we were a bit squished in the car3. [caligrafía] cramped4. [triunfo] narrow;[esprint] close5. [de tiempo] busy;tengo unas tardes muy apretadas my afternoons are very busy6. [de dinero]vamos muy apretados things are very tight at the moment, we're very short of money at the moment;están pasando una época apretada they're going through hard times♦ nm,fMéx Fam Pey [reprimido] strait-laced o uptight person* * *adj1 tight2:iban muy apretados en el coche they were very cramped o squashed in the car* * *apretado, -da adj1) : tight♦ apretadamente adv* * *apretado adj2. (muy reñido) close3. (apiñado) squashed / cramped -
18 mezquino
adj.1 stingy, cheap, penny-pinching, mean.2 petty, too small, scarce, insignificant.m.wart, verruca, verruga.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: mezquinar.* * *► adjetivo1 (avaro) stingy, niggardly2 (bajo) low, base3 (pobre) miserable, poor* * *(f. - mezquina)adj.mean, petty* * *mezquino, -a1. ADJ1) (=tacaño) mean, stingy2) (=insignificante) [pago] miserable, paltry2. SM / F1) (=tacaño) mean person, miser2) LAm (=verruga) wart* * *I- na adjetivob) ( escaso) <sueldo/ración> paltry, miserableIImasculino (Col, Méx) wart* * *= mean-minded, petty [pettier -comp., pettiest -sup.], mean [meaner -comp., meanest -sup.], parsimonious, mean-spirited, paltry [paltrier -comp., paltriest -sup.], measly [measlier -comp., measliest -sup.], cheapskate, lowdown.Ex. Those are, as I said in another context, monickers that were laid on them by ignorant and, I would say, mean-minded authors for their own purposes.Ex. It may seem petty to distinguish between the plural and singular form, and therefore unnecessary to include both forms in the index.Ex. Whereas in most European countries during this period welfare provision continued to develop, in Australia it languished at a level which, with the exception of Japan, was the meanest of the developed countries.Ex. He joked that he had to be 'very parsimonious, indeed very Scottish,' in his management of IFLA finances = Bromeó diciendo que tenía que ser "muy cuidadoso, de hecho muy escocés", en su administración de los fondos de la IFLA.Ex. Don't waste your time on this mean-spirited little film of no consequence.Ex. And there is no guarantee that any of the paltry sums of extra money available will actually benefit the workers in the recipient countries.Ex. Despite the Bank of England's base rate having risen by a full percentage point, the average savings rate is still ' measly'.Ex. Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.Ex. The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.* * *I- na adjetivob) ( escaso) <sueldo/ración> paltry, miserableIImasculino (Col, Méx) wart* * *= mean-minded, petty [pettier -comp., pettiest -sup.], mean [meaner -comp., meanest -sup.], parsimonious, mean-spirited, paltry [paltrier -comp., paltriest -sup.], measly [measlier -comp., measliest -sup.], cheapskate, lowdown.Ex: Those are, as I said in another context, monickers that were laid on them by ignorant and, I would say, mean-minded authors for their own purposes.
Ex: It may seem petty to distinguish between the plural and singular form, and therefore unnecessary to include both forms in the index.Ex: Whereas in most European countries during this period welfare provision continued to develop, in Australia it languished at a level which, with the exception of Japan, was the meanest of the developed countries.Ex: He joked that he had to be 'very parsimonious, indeed very Scottish,' in his management of IFLA finances = Bromeó diciendo que tenía que ser "muy cuidadoso, de hecho muy escocés", en su administración de los fondos de la IFLA.Ex: Don't waste your time on this mean-spirited little film of no consequence.Ex: And there is no guarantee that any of the paltry sums of extra money available will actually benefit the workers in the recipient countries.Ex: Despite the Bank of England's base rate having risen by a full percentage point, the average savings rate is still ' measly'.Ex: Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.Ex: The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.* * *1 (vil) mean, petty, small-minded3 (escaso) ‹sueldo/ración› paltry, miserable(Col, Méx)wart* * *
mezquino 1◊ -na adjetivo
( vil) mean, small-minded
mezquino 2 sustantivo masculino (Col, Méx) wart
mezquino,-a adjetivo
1 (persona) mean, stingy
2 (escaso, despreciable) miserable
' mezquino' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
baja
- bajo
- mezquina
- miserable
- rastrera
- rastrero
- ruin
English:
cheapskate
- mean
- parsimonious
- petty
- shabby
- shoddy
- skimpy
- small-minded
- stingy
- miserly
* * *mezquino1, -a♦ adj1. [avaro] mean, stingy2. [miserable] mean, nasty3. [diminuto] miserable♦ nm,f1. [avaro] miser;eres un mezquino you're so mean o stingymezquino2 nmMéx wart* * *adj mean* * *mezquino, -na adj1) : mean, petty2) : stingy3) : paltry* * *mezquino adj mean -
19 pinche
adj.1 damn(informal). (Mexican Spanish)2 stingy, mean, cheapskate, miserly.3 despicable, horrible, abominable, contemptible.4 lousy, run-down, third-rate, crummy.f. & m.kitchen boy, (f) maid.m.kitchen boy, scullion.pres.subj.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: pinchar.* * *► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (de cocina) kitchen assistant* * *1. ADJ1) Méx ** (=maldito) bloody **, lousy **3) CAm * (=tacaño) stingy, tight-fisted2. SMF1) [de cocina] kitchen hand, kitchen-boy3. SM1) And (=jamelgo) nag2) Cono Sur (=horquilla) hairpin, bobby pin (EEUU)* * *Ia) (AmL exc CS fam) (delante del n) ( maldito)pinche vida! — what a (lousy o rotten) life!
¿por qué no nos vamos de este pinche sitio? — let's get out of this damn place!
b) (Méx fam) ( de poca calidad) lousy (colloq); ( despreciable) horriblec) (AmC fam) ( tacaño) tightfisted (colloq)IImasculino y femeninoa) (Coc) kitchen assistantb) (Esp) ( en una oficina) office juniorc) (fam) ( de albañil) mate (colloq)III1) (Esp) (Jueg) ante, stake money2) (Chi) ( para el pelo) bobby pin (AmE), hairgrip (BrE)3) (Chi fam) ( persona)* * *= bus boy, bus person.Ex. However, in addition to the couple of examples that Ms Marshall cited from the extant and altogether active LC subject thesaurus, there are also bus boys, MAN, LUMBERMEN, LONGSHOREMEN, FISHERMEN, etc.Ex. The professions included auto mechanic, snack bar employee at a beach club, vegetable and fruit stand owner, bus person at a restaurant, meteorologist, and land surveyor.* * *Ia) (AmL exc CS fam) (delante del n) ( maldito)pinche vida! — what a (lousy o rotten) life!
¿por qué no nos vamos de este pinche sitio? — let's get out of this damn place!
b) (Méx fam) ( de poca calidad) lousy (colloq); ( despreciable) horriblec) (AmC fam) ( tacaño) tightfisted (colloq)IImasculino y femeninoa) (Coc) kitchen assistantb) (Esp) ( en una oficina) office juniorc) (fam) ( de albañil) mate (colloq)III1) (Esp) (Jueg) ante, stake money2) (Chi) ( para el pelo) bobby pin (AmE), hairgrip (BrE)3) (Chi fam) ( persona)* * *= bus boy, bus person.Ex: However, in addition to the couple of examples that Ms Marshall cited from the extant and altogether active LC subject thesaurus, there are also bus boys, MAN, LUMBERMEN, LONGSHOREMEN, FISHERMEN, etc.
Ex: The professions included auto mechanic, snack bar employee at a beach club, vegetable and fruit stand owner, bus person at a restaurant, meteorologist, and land surveyor.* * *1por unos pinches pesos for a few miserable o crummy o measly pesos ( colloq)¿por qué no nos vamos de este pinche sitio? let's get out of this damn place!1 ( Coc) kitchen porter, kitchen assistant2 (en una oficina) office junior* * *
Del verbo pinchar: ( conjugate pinchar)
pinché es:
1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo
pinche es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
pinchar
pinche
pinchar ( conjugate pinchar) verbo transitivo
1
‹ rueda› to puncture
2 (fam) ( poner una inyección) to give … a shot (colloq)
3 ‹ teléfono› to tap, bug
4 (Inf) to click on
5 (Esp fam) ‹ discos› to play
verbo intransitivo
1 [ planta] to be prickly
2 (Auto) to get a flat (tire( conjugate tire)), get a puncture
3 (Chi fam) ( con el sexo opuesto) See Also→ ligar verbo intransitivo
pincharse verbo pronominal
1 ( refl) [ persona] ( accidentalmente) to prick oneself;
( inyectarse) (fam) to shoot up (sl), to jack up (sl)
2 [ rueda] to puncture;
[globo/balón] to burst;
pinche adjetivo
◊ ¡pinche vida! what a (lousy o rotten) life!;
por unos pinches pesos for a few measly pesos (colloq);
vámonos de este pinche lugar let's get out of this damn place!
( despreciable) horrible
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (Coc) kitchen assistant
pinchar
I verbo transitivo
1 (con algo punzante) to prick
2 (un balón, globo, etc) to burst
3 (una rueda) to puncture
4 Med to give an injection [to]
5 (un teléfono, etc) to bug, tap
6 (discos) to play
7 (provocar) to needle, egg sb on
II verbo intransitivo
1 (una planta, espina, etc) to prickle
2 Auto to get a flat tyre
♦ Locuciones: ni pinchar ni cortar, to cut no ice
pinche sustantivo masculino (de cocina) kitchen assistant
' pinche' also found in these entries:
English:
flub
- prick
- bloody
- bobby
- damn
- grip
- hair
- jab
- spike
* * *pinche1 nmf1. [de cocina] kitchen boy, f kitchen maidFigyo no sé nada, acá soy el pinche I don't know anything, I'm nobody round herepinche2 adjMéx Fam damn, Br bloody;¡ese pinche perro! that damn o Br bloody dog!;* * *1 m cook’s assistant2 adj2 C.Am., Méx ( tacaño) tight-fisted -
20 roña
f.mange, scab.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: roñar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: roñar.* * *1 (suciedad) filth, dirt2 (sarna) mange3 familiar (tacañería) meanness, stinginess* * *1. SF1) (=mugre) dirt, grime; [en metal] rust2) (=tacañería) meanness, stinginess3) (Vet) mange4) (=corteza) pine bark5) (=estratagema) stratagem7) And (Med) feigned illness8)jugar a la roña — to play for fun, play without money stakes
2.SMF * mean person, scrooge ** * *Iadjetivo (fam) tight-fisted (colloq), stingy (colloq)II1)a) ( mugre) dirt, grimeb) ( en metal) rust2) ( del ganado) mange3) (Col fam) ( pereza)4) (Méx) ( juego) tag* * *= grime, mange.Ex. Grease is one of the major culprits behind the grime that accumulates on cooktops.Ex. Mange is most commonly found in dogs and other canines, but it can occur in other domestic and wild animals, such as turtles, causing them to lose their shells.* * *Iadjetivo (fam) tight-fisted (colloq), stingy (colloq)II1)a) ( mugre) dirt, grimeb) ( en metal) rust2) ( del ganado) mange3) (Col fam) ( pereza)4) (Méx) ( juego) tag* * *= grime, mange.Ex: Grease is one of the major culprits behind the grime that accumulates on cooktops.
Ex: Mange is most commonly found in dogs and other canines, but it can occur in other domestic and wild animals, such as turtles, causing them to lose their shells.* * *roña1roña2A1 (mugre) dirt, grimeestos niños siempre van llenos de roña these children are always grubby2 (en el metal) rustB (del ganado) mangeChacer roña: estos funcionarios que hacen roña these civil servants who sit around doing nothinglos domingos hacíamos roña en la cama hasta tarde on Sundays we used to lie in o sleep in till latejugar a la roña to play tagEroña masculine and feminine ( fam) (tacaño) scrooge ( colloq), skinflint ( colloq), tightwad ( AmE colloq)* * *
roña sustantivo femenino
1
◊ lleno de roña covered in dirt o grime
c) (Vet) mange
2 (Méx) ( juego) tag;
roña sustantivo femenino
1 (óxido, orín) rust
2 (suciedad) filth, dirt
' roña' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
llorón
- solterón
English:
goose
* * *♦ adjFam [tacaño] stingy, tight♦ nmfFam [tacaño] skinflint♦ nf1. [suciedad] filth, dirt3. [enfermedad de animal] mange4. [herrumbre] rust* * *f grime* * *roña nf1) : mange2) : dirt, filth* * *roña n filth / dirt
См. также в других словарях:
tacaño — tacaño, ña adjetivo,sustantivo masculino y femenino 1. Que tiene tendencia exagerada a no gastar o no dar su dinero, ni aun en las ocasiones necesarias: Es muy tacaño y nunca se permite un capricho … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
tacaño — tacaño, ña adjetivo y sustantivo roñoso, rácano, miserable*, mezquino, mísero, pesetero, avaro, avariento*, avaricioso, ruin, cicatero … Diccionario de sinónimos y antónimos
tacaño — tacaño, ña (Del it. taccagno). 1. adj. Miserable, ruin, mezquino. U. t. c. s.) 2. desus. Astuto, pícaro, bellaco, y que engaña con sus ardides y embustes. Era u. t. c. s.) … Diccionario de la lengua española
tacaño — ► adjetivo/ sustantivo Que escatima lo que gasta o lo que da, de manera exagerada: ■ es tan tacaño que no acepta invitaciones para no tener que devolverlas. SINÓNIMO avaro roñoso ANTÓNIMO generoso * * * tacaño, a (¿del it. «taccagno»?) 1 adj. y n … Enciclopedia Universal
tacaño — {{#}}{{LM SynT37880}}{{〓}} {{CLAVE T36963}}{{\}}{{CLAVE}}{{/}}{{\}}SINÓNIMOS Y ANTÓNIMOS:{{/}} {{[}}tacaño{{]}}, {{[}}tacaña{{]}} {{《}}▍ adj./s.{{》}} = {{SynA04298}}{{↑}}avaro{{↓}} • mezquino • mísero • egoísta • miserable • cicatero • cutre (col … Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos
tacaño — cf. (afines) agarrado, más agarrado que un chotis, apretado, catalán, cicatero, gastar menos que un * ciego en novelas, cuentagarbanzos, curichi, gastar menos que Tarzán en corbatas, no dar ni la * hora, pesetas, pesetero, ser de puño en * rostro … Diccionario del Argot "El Sohez"
tacaño — ña adj. Miserable, mezquino … Diccionario Castellano
tacaño — dialecto paisa. Ávaro … Colombianismos
agarrado — tacaño … Colombianismos
amarrado — tacaño … Colombianismos
truñuño — tacaño … Colombianismos