Dictionary Romanian – English

zgârcit



Adjectiv
1.

close-/tight-fisted


2.

grasping


3.

avaricious


4.

greedy (of gain)


5.

stingy


6.

niggardly


7.

miserly, skimpy, mean


8.

(as) mean as the grave


9. (d pumn etc.)

clenched etc. v. zgIrci



Substantiv masculin
1.

miser, niggard


2.

close liver


3.

skinflint


4.

flayflint


Expressions:
zgârcit la vorbă  =  chary of words
zgârcit la vorbă  =  of few words