saying it with your left palm hitting your right elbow..
2007-09-05 23:57:25 · 4 answers · asked by amigo 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
The spelling is "tacaño". If they call you that, they are saying you are as the charles Dickens' character Ebenezer Scrooge.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebenezer_Scrooge
2007-09-06 00:49:46 · answer #1 · answered by kamelåså 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Sounds like you mean tacaño. Tacaño means someone is a tightwad, stingy, doesn't like to spend money, or share it. The elbow in the palm thing is a standard way of indicating that a person is a cheapskate or a tightwad. In Mexico they also say that a person is "codo." Codo literally means elbow.
2007-09-06 02:25:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
'Tacaño' means 'stingy' or 'cheap'. They slap their elbow because 'codo', literally meaning 'elbow', also means 'cheap' in Spanish.
Go here to learn another way to say 'cheap' or 'greedy':
http://www.ruralcostarica.com/costa-rican-spanish-word.asp?word=Agarrado
2007-09-06 01:41:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Another word for "codo" meaning someone who doesn't like spending money on anyone but themselves.
2007-09-06 00:06:50 · answer #4 · answered by sheroluanjo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋