Expression regarding cheapness
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?Hay una expresión o un gesto que significa estar tacaño usando el codo?
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updated Mar 8, 2011
posted by donovanwords
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"Tacaño" is an expression for being cheap, when you bend your arm and touch your elbow "codo" or touch it to the table.
updated Mar 7, 2011
edited by pacofinkler
posted by pacofinkler
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Existe en Colombia - 100% normal.
updated Mar 7, 2011
posted by afowen
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Yes, people cheapness is "codo", but just in some places. For body language just bend an arm and touch your elbow.
updated Mar 7, 2011
posted by ale_rd
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Tacaño means mean or miserly tight fisted etc. but not cheap, barato is cheap in Spain.
updated Mar 8, 2011
posted by kenwilliams
But to call someone cheap, in the right context means stingy, tight fisted etc. I guess that's what Paco refers to. - afowen, Mar 7, 2011
Well yes if you say, Eres un tacaño, that would be saying you are a miser, tight fisted etc. to call someone cheap in English you would be casting aspersions on their morals. - kenwilliams, Mar 7, 2011
It also means stingy, in some parts. It's normal for me though I'd chose a different word. - afowen, Mar 7, 2011
Stingy is a good meaning for it! - pacofinkler, Mar 7, 2011
Yes agreed, I didn't use every synonymum. - kenwilliams, Mar 8, 2011
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tan tacaño que camina por los codos para no gastar el suelo de los zapatos
updated Mar 7, 2011
edited by 0074b507
posted by 0074b507
Reinteresting, thanks. - afowen, Mar 7, 2011
