codo
🇵🇪 Spanish slang from Peru
What does “codo” mean?
stingy (tight-elbowed)
Example
“No seas codo, invita una chela.”
Don't be stingy, buy a beer.
Good to know
From "duro de codo": hard to bend the elbow and pay.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
💸 Money🙄 Teasing
The textbook way to say it: tacaño
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