skinflint

Significado (Inglés)

One who is excessively stingy or cautious with money; a tightwad; a miser.

Conceptos

avaro

tacaño

cicatero

roñoso

esquelético

delgado como un clavo

codo

rácano

agarrado

Sinónimos

miser

niggard

cheapskate

penny-pincher

scrooge

churl

tightwad

miserly

penny pincher

cheesparing

pinchpenny

muckworm

miserliness

piker

skeletal

stinginess

stinter

greedy person

stingy person

penny-pinching

Traducciones

avare

radin

vrek

pingre

avaro

Geizhals

gierigaard

taccagno

pão-duro

spilorcio

duitendief

schraper

knauserig

pidocchio

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈskɪnflɪnt/

Etimología (Inglés)

From the phrase skin a flint (“go to extreme lengths for the sake of gain or economy”), from the brittleness and hardness of flint which makes it almost impossible to remove just its skin without shattering it.