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stingy
[/ˈstɪndʒi/]
adjective
avarento
1.
unwilling to spend money or give; miserly
He was too stingy to buy his children new clothes.
Ele era muito avarento para comprar roupas novas para seus filhos.
2.
meager in amount; scanty
The restaurant served stingy portions.
O restaurante servia porções pequenas.
NYC Slang
cheap
Synonyms
miserly
cheap
parsimonious
tight-fisted
stingy
selfish
Antonyms
generous
liberal
magnanimous
bountiful
Regional Variations
General Brazilian
avarento
most common colloquial term
General Brazilian
mão de vaca
idiomatic expression, literally 'cow hand'
Brazil
pão duro
colloquial, literally 'hard bread'
Portugal
mesquinho
more formal term
Related Idioms & Phrases
tight with money
hold the purse strings
penny pincher
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