Codo

(adj)
A2 (¡Vas bien!)Used EVERYWHERE 🇲🇽Standard Mexican Spanish 💀

Meanings / Uses:

👉 stingy / cheap (the VERY Mexican version!)


💡 This one literally means elbow, but in colloquial Mexican Spanish it also refers to a stingy person.

You may even see Mexicans touching their elbow when saying that someone’s stingy.

Examples:

No seas codo, invita algo.
Don’t be stingy, buy me something.
Ese wey es bien codo.
That guy’s super stingy.

🔁 Similar words:

tacañoagarradoamarrado

⚠️ Tone

✅ Probably the most common way to say stingy.

❌ Can be rude (obvs!).

Useful Chunks:

  • ser bien codo — to be really cheap
  • ¡No seas codo! — Don’t be stingy!

🦜 El Rincón del Cotorreo

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