tacanho
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /taˈkɐ̃.ɲu/ [taˈkɐ̃.j̃u]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /taˈkɐ.ɲo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɐˈkɐ.ɲu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /tɐˈka.ɲu/
- Hyphenation: ta‧ca‧nho
Adjective
tacanho (feminine tacanha, masculine plural tacanhos, feminine plural tacanhas)
- short (of little height)
- miserly (excessively cautious with money)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:avarento
- sly; wily; cunning
Further reading
- “tacanho”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “tacanho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026