mão de vaca
Portuguese, noun
mão de vaca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “miser; skinflint; scrooge (someone who avoids spending money)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, mão-de-vaca is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of mão de vaca; still used…”.
What does mão de vaca mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatoryfemininemasculineslangmiser; skinflint; scrooge (someone who avoids spending money)
adjective
- 1
who avoids spending money
noun
- 1
femininemasculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of mão de vaca; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
adjective
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of mão de vaca; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. indivíduo que tem avareza, que é excessivamente apegado aos bens materiais 2. cozido da culinária cearense
phrase: 1. variante ortográfica de mão-de-vaca
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mão de vaca
- mãos de vaca plural
- mão-de-vaca alternative
- mãos-de-vaca plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to mão de vaca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.