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amarrado
🇨🇴 Spanish slang from Colombia
What does “amarrado” mean?
stingy, tight-fisted
Example
“No sea amarrado, preste el bus.”
Don't be tight, lend me the bus fare.
Good to know
Literally "tied up": the wallet never opens.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
💸 Money🙄 Teasing
The textbook way to say it: tacaño
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