racanear

See tacaño.

• IPA^(key): /rakaneˈaɾ/ [ra.ka.neˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ra‧ca‧ne‧ar

racanear (first-person singular present racaneo, first-person singular preterite racaneé, past participle racaneado)

1. (colloquial) to skimp
   • 2015 July 7, “Pero sigue siendo el rey”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Es un arcano que no solo renuncia a cualquier atisbo de saludo, sino que racanea al principio en decibelios.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• “racanear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024