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Scroccone describes someone who’s stingy or tight-fisted with money, someone who takes advantage of others by getting things for free without paying their fair share.
| Origin | From the Italian verb scroccare, “to freeload” or “to sponge off others”; scroccare comes from crocco, which is a sort of hook. Crocco was also used to describe a crossbow’s cog |
| Translation | Freeloader, moocher |
| IPA pronunciation | /skrokˈkoːne/ |
There is also a feminine version, scroccona.
Scroccone
Freeloader
Different forms of scroccone
Like most nouns in Italian, scroccone has two articles (definite or indefinite articles) and two numbers (singular or plural).
Uno scroccone
A freeloader
Degli scrocconi
Some freeloaders
Lo scroccone
The freeloader
Gli scrocconi
The freeloaders
Examples
Alessandra è una scroccona.
Alessandra is a freeloader.
Ho un collega che è famoso per essere uno scroccone.
I have a colleague who is famous for being a freeloader.
Quel tipo è proprio uno scroccone, non paga mai il caffè.
The guy is such a freeloader, he never pays for coffee.
Gli scrocconi non sono ben accetti alle feste.
Freeloaders are not welcome at parties.
You can say andare a scrocco, “to freeload” or “to mooch”.
Lorenzo va a scrocco a spese dei suoi amici. Fa spesso finta di aver lasciato il portafoglio a casa.
Lorenzo freeloads at the expense of his friends. He often pretends to have left his wallet at home.
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