taccagno

Meaning

mean, stingy

Concepts

stingy

mean

miserly

miser

skinflint

greedy

cheapskate

niggard

mingy

ungenerous

miserable

petty

poor

skeletal

tight

tight-fisted

tightwad

ugly

avaricious

cash-hungry

bad

👎

cheese-paring

closefisted

evil

filthy

meanie

moneygrubbing

narrow-minded

nauseating

niggardly

Synonyms

avaro

tirchio

spilorcio

miserabile

gretto

meschino

pitocco

tignoso

avido

crudele

pidocchioso

economista

egoista

ingeneroso

maligno

meticoloso

micragnoso

perverso

petecchia

pezzente

piccino

poco generoso

ristretto

scheletrico

tirato

sparagnino

molto cattivo

magro come un chiodo

avara

magra come un chiodo

scheletrica

taccagna

spilorce

tirchie

avare

migragnoso

pedanet

brutto

demonio

limitato

male

minuzioso

orribile

osceno

arpagone

avareggiare

birbante

Translations

tacaño

knauserig

avare

geizig

avaro

radin

mezquino

miserable

pingre

avaricieux

garrepa

gasiu

mão-de-vaca

avariciós

avarento

Hyphenated as

tac‧cà‧gno

Pronounced as (IPA)

/takˈkaɲ.ɲo/

Etymology

Probably from Hebrew תקנה חכמה (khokhmá takaná), used in Judaism to refer to business transactions, but adopted pejoratively by Christians.