Translation for "tacañear" to english

Tacañear

verb

• pinch

Translation examples

pinch verb

Tacañearé duro, Pero usted sentirá nada.
I'll pinch hard, but you'll feel nothing.

Creo que ocultaba su alivio porque ya no tuviéramos que vivir dos personas en un apartamento de un cuarto y medio, claro que también estaría preocupada ante la perspectiva de tener que hacer frente al alquiler y a los gastos diarios ella sola. Tacañear, regatear hasta un céntimo.
I believe that she hid her relief at no longer having me around in her one-and-a-half-room apartment, but she must also have been worried at the prospect of having to pay the rent and daily expenses all by herself. Pinch and scrape, turn every penny.