Students always ask me " how do you say maseta?" and I always tell them--stingy. And they always forget.
Why? Well, maybe because it's such a mean (sorry!) concept. And also, according to the dictionary, it may derive from "sting." Yup, what the bees do....
Anyway, it has lots of synonyms, such as "penny-pinching" and tight. As in a fat lady's stocking.....
And yeah, "sting" is from Middle English. Nor surprise there...
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