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Scrooge

  • 1 (часто scrooge) скряга

    Literature: Scrooge

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > (часто scrooge) скряга

  • 2 The word is most associated with Ebenezer Scrooge, a character created by Charles Dickens. His famous reference to Christmas

    General subject: bah hum bag

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > The word is most associated with Ebenezer Scrooge, a character created by Charles Dickens. His famous reference to Christmas

  • 3 rácano

    adj.
    1 slothful, idle.
    2 stingy, mean.
    m.
    1 Scrooge, mean devil.
    2 bum.
    * * *
    1 familiar (tacaño) mean, stingy
    2 familiar (holgazán) idle, lazy
    * * *
    rácano, -a *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=tacaño) stingy *, mean
    2) (=vago) bone idle
    3) (=artero) sly, cunning
    2. SM / F
    1) (=tacaño) mean devil, scrooge *
    2) (=vago) slacker, idler
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo (fam) ( tacaño) stingy (colloq)
    II
    - na masculino, femenino (fam) ( tacaño) scrooge (colloq), tightwad (AmE colloq)
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo (fam) ( tacaño) stingy (colloq)
    II
    - na masculino, femenino (fam) ( tacaño) scrooge (colloq), tightwad (AmE colloq)
    * * *
    rácano1
    1 = stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, scrooge, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad.

    Ex: All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.

    Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex: If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.
    Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.

    rácano2

    Ex: There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.

    * * *
    rácano1 -na
    ( fam)
    1 (tacaño) stingy ( colloq), tightfisted ( colloq)
    2 (malhumorado) bad-tempered
    rácano2 -na
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam)
    1 (tacaño) scrooge ( colloq), tightwad ( AmE colloq)
    2 (malhumorado) bad-tempered person ( o devil etc)
    * * *

    rácano,-a
    I adj fam pey
    1 (con el dinero) stingy, mean
    2 (con el trabajo) lazy
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 (con el dinero) scrooge, miser
    2 (con el trabajo) layabout, slacker
    ' rácano' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aflojar
    - rácana
    * * *
    rácano, -a Fam Pey
    ♦ adj
    1. [tacaño] mean, stingy
    2. [holgazán] idle, lazy
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [tacaño] mean o stingy devil
    2. [holgazán] lazybones
    * * *
    I adj fam
    stingy fam, mean
    II m, rácana f tightwad fam, skinflint fam
    * * *
    rácano adj (tacaño) mean

    Spanish-English dictionary > rácano

  • 4 Knauser

    m; -s, -; umg. scrooge, skinflint
    * * *
    Knau|ser ['knauzɐ]
    1. m -s, -,Knáú|se|rin
    [-ərɪn]
    2. f -, -nen (inf)
    scrooge (inf)
    * * *
    Knau·ser(in)
    <-s, ->
    [ˈknauzɐ]
    m(f) (pej fam) scrooge pej, skinflint pej fam
    * * *
    der; Knausers, Knauser (ugs. abwertend) Scrooge; skinflint; miser
    * * *
    Knauser m; -s, -; umg scrooge, skinflint
    * * *
    der; Knausers, Knauser (ugs. abwertend) Scrooge; skinflint; miser

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Knauser

  • 5 Knicker

    m; -s, -
    1. umg. scrooge, skinflint
    2. nordd. marble
    * * *
    Knị|cker ['knɪkɐ]
    1. m -s, -, Kni|cke|rin
    [-ərɪn]
    2. f -, -nen (inf)
    scrooge (inf)
    * * *
    Kni·cker
    <-s, ->
    1. (Geizhals) scrooge pej, skinflint pej fam
    2. (Murmel) marble; (Murmelspiel) marbles + sing vb
    * * *
    der; Knickers, Knicker
    1) (ugs. abwertend) Scrooge; skinflint; miser
    2) (niederd.): (Murmel) marble
    * * *
    Knicker m; -s, -
    1. umg scrooge, skinflint
    2. nordd marble
    * * *
    der; Knickers, Knicker
    1) (ugs. abwertend) Scrooge; skinflint; miser
    2) (niederd.): (Murmel) marble
    * * *
    - m.
    curmudgeon n.
    skinflint n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Knicker

  • 6 roña

    f.
    mange, scab.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: roñar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: roñar.
    * * *
    1 (suciedad) filth, dirt
    2 (sarna) mange
    3 familiar (tacañería) meanness, stinginess
    1 familiar (tacaño) scrooge, miser
    * * *
    1. SF
    1) (=mugre) dirt, grime; [en metal] rust
    2) (=tacañería) meanness, stinginess
    3) (Vet) mange
    4) (=corteza) pine bark
    5) (=estratagema) stratagem
    6) Caribe, Méx (=envidia) envy; (=inquina) grudge, ill will
    7) And (Med) feigned illness
    8)

    jugar a la roña — to play for fun, play without money stakes

    2.
    SMF * mean person, scrooge *
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (fam) tight-fisted (colloq), stingy (colloq)
    II
    1)
    a) ( mugre) dirt, grime
    b) ( en metal) rust
    2) ( del ganado) mange
    3) (Col fam) ( pereza)
    4) (Méx) ( juego) tag
    5) roña masculino y femenino (fam) ( tacaño) scrooge (colloq), skinflint (colloq)
    * * *
    = grime, mange.
    Ex. Grease is one of the major culprits behind the grime that accumulates on cooktops.
    Ex. Mange is most commonly found in dogs and other canines, but it can occur in other domestic and wild animals, such as turtles, causing them to lose their shells.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (fam) tight-fisted (colloq), stingy (colloq)
    II
    1)
    a) ( mugre) dirt, grime
    b) ( en metal) rust
    2) ( del ganado) mange
    3) (Col fam) ( pereza)
    4) (Méx) ( juego) tag
    5) roña masculino y femenino (fam) ( tacaño) scrooge (colloq), skinflint (colloq)
    * * *
    = grime, mange.

    Ex: Grease is one of the major culprits behind the grime that accumulates on cooktops.

    Ex: Mange is most commonly found in dogs and other canines, but it can occur in other domestic and wild animals, such as turtles, causing them to lose their shells.

    * * *
    ( fam); tightfisted ( colloq), stingy ( colloq)
    A
    1 (mugre) dirt, grime
    estos niños siempre van llenos de roña these children are always grubby
    B (del ganado) mange
    C
    ( Col fam) (pereza): dejen la roña stop lazing about
    hacer roña: estos funcionarios que hacen roña these civil servants who sit around doing nothing
    los domingos hacíamos roña en la cama hasta tarde on Sundays we used to lie in o sleep in till late
    D ( Méx) (juego) tag
    jugar a la roña to play tag
    E
    roña masculine and feminine ( fam) (tacaño) scrooge ( colloq), skinflint ( colloq), tightwad ( AmE colloq)
    * * *

    roña sustantivo femenino
    1
    a) ( mugre) dirt, grime;

    ◊ lleno de roña covered in dirt o grime


    c) (Vet) mange

    2 (Méx) ( juego) tag;

    roña sustantivo femenino
    1 (óxido, orín) rust
    2 (suciedad) filth, dirt
    ' roña' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    llorón
    - solterón
    English:
    goose
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    Fam [tacaño] stingy, tight
    ♦ nmf
    Fam [tacaño] skinflint
    ♦ nf
    1. [suciedad] filth, dirt
    2. Fam [tacañería] stinginess, tightness
    3. [enfermedad de animal] mange
    4. [herrumbre] rust
    5. Méx [juego] catch
    * * *
    f grime
    * * *
    roña nf
    1) : mange
    2) : dirt, filth
    3) fam : stinginess
    * * *
    roña n filth / dirt

    Spanish-English dictionary > roña

  • 7 tacaño

    adj.
    mean, cheap, cheapskate, close-fisted.
    m.
    miser, tightwad, Scrooge.
    * * *
    1 mean, stingy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 skinflint, miser
    * * *
    (f. - tacaña)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=avaro) mean, stingy
    2) (=astuto) crafty
    * * *
    I
    - ña adjetivo stingy, mean
    II
    - ña masculino, femenino miser, tightwad (AmE colloq)
    * * *
    = cheap, stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], parsimonious, tight-fisted, miser, scrooge, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, cheapskate.
    Ex. The unregistered shareware version displays a message to anyone accessing the server that the owner is too cheap to pay the shareware fee.
    Ex. All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.
    Ex. He joked that he had to be 'very parsimonious, indeed very Scottish,' in his management of IFLA finances = Bromeó diciendo que tenía que ser "muy cuidadoso, de hecho muy escocés", en su administración de los fondos de la IFLA.
    Ex. The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex. If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.
    Ex. The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.
    * * *
    I
    - ña adjetivo stingy, mean
    II
    - ña masculino, femenino miser, tightwad (AmE colloq)
    * * *
    = cheap, stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], parsimonious, tight-fisted, miser, scrooge, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, cheapskate.

    Ex: The unregistered shareware version displays a message to anyone accessing the server that the owner is too cheap to pay the shareware fee.

    Ex: All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.
    Ex: He joked that he had to be 'very parsimonious, indeed very Scottish,' in his management of IFLA finances = Bromeó diciendo que tenía que ser "muy cuidadoso, de hecho muy escocés", en su administración de los fondos de la IFLA.
    Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex: If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.
    Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.

    * * *
    tacaño1 -ña
    miserly, stingy, mean
    tacaño2 -ña
    masculine, feminine
    miser, tightwad ( AmE colloq)
    * * *

     

    tacaño
    ◊ -ña adjetivo

    stingy, mean
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    miser, tightwad (AmE colloq)
    tacaño,-a
    I adjetivo mean, stingy, miserly
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino miser, scrooge

    ' tacaño' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cutre
    - rata
    - roñosa
    - roñoso
    - ruin
    - tacaña
    - agarrado
    - apretado
    - judío
    - mezquindad
    - mezquino
    - mirar
    - pinche
    English:
    cheap
    - mean
    - meanie
    - miserly
    - niggardly
    - penny-pinching
    - stingy
    - tight
    - tightfisted
    * * *
    tacaño, -a
    ♦ adj
    mean, miserly
    ♦ nm,f
    mean o miserly person;
    ser un tacaño to be mean o miserly
    * * *
    I adj fam
    miserly, stingy fam
    II m, tacaña f fam
    miser fam, tightwad fam
    * * *
    tacaño, -ña adj
    mezquino: stingy, miserly
    tacaño, -ña n
    : miser, tightwad
    * * *
    tacaño1 adj mean
    ¡no seas tacaño! don't be mean!
    tacaño2 n skinflint

    Spanish-English dictionary > tacaño

  • 8 amarrete

    adj.
    mean, tight (informal). (Andean Spanish (Bolivia, Chilean Spanish, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru), River Plate)
    f. & m.
    mean person, miser.
    * * *
    amarrete, -a * Cono Sur
    1.
    ADJ mean, stingy *
    2.
    SM / F miser, skinflint, tightwad (EEUU) *
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo (AmS fam) stingy (colloq), tightfisted (colloq)
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino (AmS fam) scrooge (colloq), skinflint (colloq)
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo (AmS fam) stingy (colloq), tightfisted (colloq)
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino (AmS fam) scrooge (colloq), skinflint (colloq)
    * * *
    amarrete1 -ta
    ( AmS fam) stingy ( colloq), tightfisted ( colloq)
    amarrete2 -ta
    masculine, feminine
    ( AmS fam)
    scrooge ( colloq), skinflint ( colloq), tightwad ( AmE colloq)
    * * *

    amarrete
    ◊ -ta adjetivo (AmS fam) stingy (colloq), tightfisted (colloq)

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (AmS fam) scrooge (colloq), skinflint (colloq)

    ' amarrete' also found in these entries:
    English:
    tight
    * * *
    amarrete, -a Andes, RP Fam
    ♦ adj
    stingy, tight, Br mean
    ♦ nm,f
    stingy person, miser

    Spanish-English dictionary > amarrete

  • 9 скряга

    1) General subject: Scrooge, buzzard, cheapskate, chuff, churl, close as a clam, close file, codger (старый), curmudgeon, griper, hoarder of money, hunks, miser, muckworm, niggard, nip cheese, nip farthing, nip-cheese, penny father, penny pincher, penny-father, piker, pinch fist, pinch-fist, pinchpenny, save all, scrape-penny, scraper, screw, skin, skinflint, money grubber
    2) Colloquial: (старый) codger, nip-farthing
    3) Dialect: save-all
    4) American: tight-wad, tightwad
    5) Obsolete: lickpenny
    6) Rare: flint
    7) Australian slang: cheap skate, tight arse, tight wad
    8) Scottish language: carl
    10) Literature: (часто scrooge) Scrooge
    11) Archaic: carle
    12) Taboo: hard ass, mean shit

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > скряга

  • 10 avaro

    adj.
    avaricious, greedy, grasping, miserly.
    m.
    miser, moneygrubber, Scrooge, money-grubber.
    * * *
    1 (tacaño) avaricious, miserly, mean; (codicioso) greedy, avaricious
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (tacaño) miser; (codicioso) greedy person
    * * *
    avaro, -a
    1.
    ADJ miserly, mean

    ser avaro de o en alabanzas — to be sparing in one's praise

    2.
    SM / F miser
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo miserly
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino miser
    * * *
    = miser, stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, scrooge, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, cheapskate.
    Ex. If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.
    Ex. All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.
    Ex. The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex. The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo miserly
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino miser
    * * *
    = miser, stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, scrooge, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, cheapskate.

    Ex: If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.

    Ex: All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.
    Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.

    * * *
    avaro1 -ra
    miserly
    avaro2 -ra
    masculine, feminine
    miser
    * * *

    avaro
    ◊ -ra adjetivo

    miserly
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    miser
    avaro,-a
    1 adjetivo avaricious, miserly
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino miser

    ' avaro' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    avara
    - rata
    - miserable
    - ruin
    English:
    miser
    - miserly
    * * *
    avaro, -a
    ♦ adj
    [codicioso] greedy; [tacaño] miserly, stingy, Br mean
    ♦ nm,f
    [codicioso] greedy person; [tacaño] miser
    * * *
    I adj miserly;
    ser avaro de algo be sparing with sth;
    es muy avaro de su vida personal he gives very little away about his private life
    II m, avara f miser
    * * *
    avaro, -ra adj
    : miserly, greedy
    avaro, -ra n
    : miser
    * * *
    avaro1 adj mean
    avaro2 n miser

    Spanish-English dictionary > avaro

  • 11 roñoso

    adj.
    dirty, filthy.
    * * *
    1 (sucio) filthy, dirty
    2 (sarnoso) mangy
    3 familiar (tacaño) mean, stingy
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar scrooge, miser
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=mugriento) dirty, filthy; [metal] rusty
    2) (=tacaño) mean, stingy
    3) (=inútil) useless
    4) (Vet) mangy
    5) And (=tramposo) tricky, slippery
    6) Caribe, Méx (=rencoroso) bitter, resentful; (=hostil) hostile
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    1) [ESTAR]
    a) ( mugriento) dirty
    b) ( oxidado) rusty
    2) [SER] (fam) ( tacaño) tight-fisted (colloq), stingy (colloq)
    3) [ESTAR] (Vet) mangy
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino roña 5
    * * *
    = stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, cheapskate.
    Ex. All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.
    Ex. The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex. If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo
    1) [ESTAR]
    a) ( mugriento) dirty
    b) ( oxidado) rusty
    2) [SER] (fam) ( tacaño) tight-fisted (colloq), stingy (colloq)
    3) [ESTAR] (Vet) mangy
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino roña 5
    * * *
    = stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, cheapskate.

    Ex: All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.

    Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex: If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.

    * * *
    roñoso1 -sa
    A [ ESTAR]
    1 (mugriento) dirty
    lleva el cuello de la camisa roñoso his shirt collar's really grubby o engrained with dirt
    tengo el pelo roñoso my hair is filthy
    los azulejos de la cocina están roñosos the kitchen tiles are covered in grime o encrusted with dirt
    2 (oxidado) rusty
    B [ SER] ( fam) (tacaño) tightfisted ( colloq), stingy ( colloq)
    C [ ESTAR] ( Vet) mangy
    roñoso2 -sa
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam)
    scrooge ( colloq), skinflint ( colloq), tightwad ( AmE colloq)
    * * *

    roñoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    1 [ESTAR]


    c) (Vet) mangy

    2 [SER] (fam) ( tacaño) tight-fisted (colloq), stingy (colloq)
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) scrooge (colloq), skinflint (colloq)
    roñoso,-a adjetivo
    1 (muy sucio) filthy, dirty
    2 (oxidado) rusty
    3 fam (tacaño, avariento) stingy
    ' roñoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    roñosa
    English:
    cheapskate
    * * *
    roñoso, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [sucio] dirty;
    la habitación estaba roñosa the room was filthy
    2. Fam [tacaño] tight, stingy
    3. Carib, Méx [ofendido] resentful
    ♦ nm,f
    Fam skinflint, tightwad
    * * *
    adj grimy, grubby
    * * *
    roñoso, -sa adj
    1) : mangy
    2) : dirty
    3) fam : stingy
    * * *
    roñoso adj
    1. (sucio) filthy [comp. filthier; superl. filthiest]
    2. (tacaño) mean

    Spanish-English dictionary > roñoso

  • 12 pijotero

    adj.
    1 stingy.
    2 punctilious, excessively meticulous.
    * * *
    1 annoying
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 familiar pain in the neck
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo
    a) (Esp fam) ( fastidioso) annoying, irritating
    b) (Arg) ( tacaño) stingy (colloq), mean
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino
    a) (Esp fam) ( incordiante) pest (colloq)
    b) (Arg) ( tacaño) miser, scrooge (colloq)
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo
    a) (Esp fam) ( fastidioso) annoying, irritating
    b) (Arg) ( tacaño) stingy (colloq), mean
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino
    a) (Esp fam) ( incordiante) pest (colloq)
    b) (Arg) ( tacaño) miser, scrooge (colloq)
    * * *
    pijotero1 -ra
    A ( Esp fam) (fastidioso) annoying, irritating
    B ( Arg) (tacaño) stingy ( colloq), mean
    pijotero2 -ra
    masculine, feminine
    A ( Esp fam) (incordiante) pest ( colloq), pain in the neck ( colloq)
    B ( Arg) (tacaño) miser, scrooge ( colloq)
    * * *
    pijotero, -a adj
    Esp Fam
    1. [molesto] annoying, irritating
    2. [pijo] [persona] = who speaks and dresses in an affected way;
    llevaba una chaqueta muy pijotera he was wearing a typical rich kid jacket
    * * *
    adj fam
    nitpicking, niggling

    Spanish-English dictionary > pijotero

  • 13 harpagon

    aʀpagɔ̃
    nom masculin liter miser, Scrooge
    * * *
    harpagon nm liter miser, Scrooge.
    [arpagɔ̃] nom masculin

    Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > harpagon

  • 14 Geizhals

    m pej. skinflint, (old) miser
    * * *
    der Geizhals
    scrooge (ugs.); piker (ugs.); skinflint (ugs.); niggard (ugs.); miser (ugs.); cheapskate (ugs.); curmudgeon (ugs.)
    * * *
    Geiz|hals
    m
    miser
    * * *
    (a mean person who lives very poorly in order to store up wealth: That old miser won't give you a cent!) miser
    * * *
    Geiz·hals
    m (pej) miser, skinflint fam
    * * *
    der (abwertend) skinflint
    * * *
    Geizhals m pej skinflint, (old) miser
    * * *
    der (abwertend) skinflint
    * * *
    -ë m.
    cheapskate n.
    curmudgeon n.
    miser n.
    niggard n.
    scrooge n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Geizhals

  • 15 Knickstiebel

    m; -s, -; Dial., pej. scrooge, skinflint
    * * *
    Knickstiebel m; -s, -; dial, pej scrooge, skinflint

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Knickstiebel

  • 16 Schöpfer

    m; -s, -; (Schöpfkelle) ladle
    —
    m; -s, -; creator; nur Sg. (Gott) the Creator; der Schöpfer von Onkel Dagobert the creator of Uncle Scrooge
    * * *
    der Schöpfer
    creator; maker
    * * *
    Schọ̈p|fer I ['ʃœpfɐ]
    m -s, -
    1) (inf = Schöpflöffel) ladle
    2) (= Papierschöpfer) paper maker
    II ['ʃœpfɐ]
    1. m -s, -, Schöp|fe|rin
    [-ərɪn]
    2. f -, -nen
    creator; (= Gott) Creator
    * * *
    (God.) the Creator
    * * *
    Schöp·fer(in)
    <-s, ->
    ▪ der \Schöpfer the Creator
    jd dankt seinem \Schöpfer, dass... sb thanks their Maker [or Creator] that...
    2. (geh: Erschaffer) creator
    * * *
    I
    der; Schöpfers, Schöpfer: creator; (Gott) Creator
    II
    der; Schöpfers, Schöpfer (Kelle) ladle
    * * *
    Schöpfer1 m; -s, -; (Schöpfkelle) ladle
    Schöpfer2 m; -s, -; creator; nur sg (Gott) the Creator;
    der Schöpfer von Onkel Dagobert the creator of Uncle Scrooge
    * * *
    I
    der; Schöpfers, Schöpfer: creator; (Gott) Creator
    II
    der; Schöpfers, Schöpfer (Kelle) ladle
    * * *
    - m.
    creator n.
    scoop n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Schöpfer

  • 17 harpagon

    m (N pl harpagoni a. harpagony) książk., pejor. Scrooge
    * * *
    mp
    pl. -i l. -y lit. (= skąpiec) Scrooge, skinflint.

    The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > harpagon

  • 18 cicatero

    adj.
    1 niggardly, scrimpy, close-fisted, niggard.
    2 prudish.
    m.
    miser, skinflint, Scrooge, niggard.
    * * *
    1 stingy, mean
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 miser
    * * *
    cicatero, -a
    1.
    ADJ stingy, mean
    2.
    SM / F miser, skinflint
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo (fam) tightfisted (colloq)
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino (fam) skinflint (colloq)
    * * *
    = stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, cheapskate.
    Ex. All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.
    Ex. The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex. If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex. Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.
    * * *
    I
    - ra adjetivo (fam) tightfisted (colloq)
    II
    - ra masculino, femenino (fam) skinflint (colloq)
    * * *
    = stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, cheapskate.

    Ex: All subjects completed a four-page questionnaire in which they rated Americans on six bipolar adjective dimensions: friendly/unfriendly, polite/impolite, industrious/lazy, religious/anti-religious, generous/ stingy, and patriotic/not patriotic.

    Ex: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.
    Ex: If one were to think of an analogue outside the library situation, one would conjure up the image of a miser cackling with delight as he counts and recounts his beloved coins.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: He is been described as a penny-pinching skinflint tightwad who would sooner die than part with a dollar.
    Ex: Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.

    * * *
    cicatero1 -ra
    ( fam); tightfisted ( colloq)
    se dice ahorrador, pero es más bien cicatero he says he's thrifty, but I'd call him a miser
    cicatero2 -ra
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam); skinflint ( colloq), scrooge ( colloq), miser, tightwad ( AmE colloq)
    * * *

    cicatero
    ◊ -ra adjetivo (fam) tightfisted (colloq)

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) skinflint (colloq)

    ' cicatero' also found in these entries:
    English:
    penny-pinching
    * * *
    cicatero, -a
    ♦ adj
    stingy, mean, Br miserly
    ♦ nm,f
    skinflint, miser
    * * *
    I adj stingy
    II m, cicatera f miser, tightwad fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > cicatero

  • 19 chotis

    m. s.&pl.
    1 schottische, round dance similar to the polka.
    2 scrooge.
    3 schottische, schottische music.
    * * *
    1 schottische
    \
    ser más agarrado,-a que un chotis to be a skinflint
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino schottische
    * * *
    masculino schottische
    * * *
    schottische
    ser más agarrado que un chotis ( Esp fam); to be really tightfisted ( colloq), to be a scrooge
    * * *

    chotis sustantivo masculino
    schottische
    * * *
    chotis nm inv
    = dance typical of Madrid;
    Esp Fam Hum
    ser más agarrado que un chotis to be a real skinflint o tightwad

    Spanish-English dictionary > chotis

  • 20 avariento

    • avaricious
    • close-fisted
    • grubstake
    • grudgingly
    • miser
    • miserly
    • money-grubber
    • moneygrubber
    • niggard
    • niggling
    • penny pincher
    • Scrooge
    • Scrooge-like
    • tightfisted

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > avariento

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