tacaño
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