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Where does “rácano” come from?

rácano (Spanish) comes from Spanish racanear — to skimp.

rácano (Spanish): tight, stingy, tight-fisted; defensive and...

Definitions

  1. tight, stingy, tight-fisted; defensive and...

Ancestry of “rácano”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishracanearto skimp
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