mano de guagua
🇨🇱 Spanish slang from Chile
What does “mano de guagua” mean?
stingy (lit. "baby's hand", never opens)
Example
“No seai mano de guagua, invita una ronda.”
Don't be stingy, buy a round.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
💸 Money🙄 Teasing
The textbook way to say it: tacaño
More from Chile
- rascacheap, low-quality, tacky
- weóndude; idiot
- luca1,000 pesos
- jotearto hit on someone, pushily
- hacer una vacato chip in, to pool money
- aweonaoidiot (very rude, but also between close friends)
- pajarónscatterbrain, head in the clouds
- cara de rajashameless, cheeky (crude)
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