tacañear
Spanish, verb[t̪akaɲeˈaɾ]
tacañear is spelled T-A-C-A-Ñ-E-A-R (8 letters). Tacañear is a Spanish verb meaning “to skimp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Obrar sin generosidad, de modo mezquino o con tacañería, evitando compartir o gastar en lo necesario o…”.
What does tacañear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to skimp
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Obrar sin generosidad, de modo mezquino o con tacañería, evitando compartir o gastar en lo necesario o adecuado.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tacañear
- tacañeo first-person present singular
- tacañeé first-person preterite singular
- tacañeado participle past
- tacañeando gerund
- tacañeada feminine participle past
- tacañeados masculine participle past
- tacañeadas feminine participle past
- tacañeas indicative informal present
- tacañeás indicative informal present
- tacañea indicative present singular
- tacañeamos first-person indicative plural
- tacañeáis indicative plural present
- tacañean indicative plural present
- tacañeaba first-person imperfect indicative
- tacañeabas imperfect indicative second-person
- tacañeábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- tacañeabais imperfect indicative plural
- tacañeaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tacañear?
- [t̪akaɲeˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tacañear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.