cicatero

adj.

1 niggardly, scrimpy, close-fisted, niggard.

2 prudish.

m.

miser, skinflint, Scrooge, niggard.

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cicatero

► adjetivo

1 stingy, mean

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 miser

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cicatero, -a

1.

ADJ stingy, mean

2.

SM / F miser, skinflint

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I

-ra adjetivo (fam) tightfisted (colloq)

II

-ra masculino, femenino (fam) skinflint (colloq)

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= 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.

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I

-ra adjetivo (fam) tightfisted (colloq)

II

-ra masculino, femenino (fam) skinflint (colloq)

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= 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.

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cicatero¹ -ra

adjective

(fam); tightfisted (colloq)

se dice ahorrador, pero es más bien cicatero he says he's thrifty, but I'd call him a miser

cicatero² -ra

masculine, feminine

(fam); skinflint (colloq), scrooge (colloq), miser, tightwad (AmE colloq)

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cicatero

◊ -ra adjetivo (fam) tightfisted (colloq)

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) skinflint (colloq)

'cicatero' also found in these entries:
English:
penny-pinching

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cicatero, -a

♦ adj

stingy, mean, Br miserly

♦ nm,f

skinflint, miser

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cicatero

I adj stingy

II m, cicatera f miser, tightwad fam