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/Sounds like "KOH" (as in "coat") + "doh" (as in "door")/

Meaning

An extremely cheap, stingy person who hates spending money and never treats anyone. In Mexico, being called 'codo' is one of the worst social insults, nobody wants to hang out with a codo.

Examples

Don't be a codo and buy the beers for once.

He's so codo he reuses disposable cups.

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Regional synonyms

Short for prepotencia in Argentina, referring to the attitude of forcing yourself over others without permission or consideration. Almost always used in the phrase "de prepo" to signal something was done by sheer imposition.