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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesavarento
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /a.vaˈɾẽ.tu/
"O velho avarento escondia o dinheiro debaixo do colchão."
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A person who is unwilling to spend money; a very miserly or niggardly person.
"He is such a skinflint that he refused to tip the waiter even though the service was exceptional."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
First recorded in the late 16th century, the term combines 'skin' (in the figurative sense of stripping or flaying the outer layer) and 'flint' (a very hard stone), implying someone so mean and miserly they would literally try to skin a flint stone to get something off it. It reflects an old folk metaphor for extreme stinginess.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Skinflint" is said worldwide
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avare
Transliteration: /a.vaʁ/
"Cet avare ne veut jamais dépenser un seul centime."
Pennäler
Transliteration: /ˈpɛn.ˌleːɐ̯/
Script: Knickerbocker
"Sein Onkel ist ein echter Knickerbocker, wenn es um Geld geht."
spilorcio
Transliteration: /spiˈlɔr.tʃo/
"Quel vecchio spilorcio non regala mai nulla a nessuno."
tacaño
Transliteration: /taˈka.ɲo/
"No seas tacaño y paga la ronda de bebidas."
avarento
Transliteration: /a.vaˈɾẽ.tu/
"O velho avarento escondia o dinheiro debaixo do colchão."
कंजूस
Transliteration: kanjoos
"वह इतना कंजूस है कि कभी चाय भी नहीं पिलाता।"
吝啬鬼
Transliteration: lìn sè guǐ
"那个吝啬鬼连捐一分钱都舍不得。"
구두쇠
Transliteration: gudusoe
"우리 삼촌은 유명한 구두쇠라서 절대 돈을 안 쓴다."
けち
Transliteration: kechi
Script: ケチ
"彼のようなケチな人とは旅行に行きたくない。"
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