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1 mezquindad
f.1 meanness.2 mean action.3 low action, evil act, vile act.4 smallmindedness, poorness of spirit, pettiness.* * *1 meanness, stinginess2 (acción) mean thing* * *SF1) (=tacañería) meanness, stinginess2) (=insignificancia) paltriness, wretchedness3) (=acto vil) mean thing (to do)* * *a) ( cualidad - de tacaño) meanness, stinginess (colloq); (- de ruin)es de una mezquindad asombrosa — he's incredibly nasty o (colloq) mean
b) ( acción egoísta) mean thing to do* * *= meanness, turpitude, penny-pinching.Ex. He is well known for his abuse of those publishers who, because of meanness and lack of professionalism, do not ensure good and ample indexes.Ex. The danger ultimately of erotic and political excess is civic turpitude.Ex. The key to penny-pinching is to have, as much as possible, but only what you want, not what you don't.* * *a) ( cualidad - de tacaño) meanness, stinginess (colloq); (- de ruin)es de una mezquindad asombrosa — he's incredibly nasty o (colloq) mean
b) ( acción egoísta) mean thing to do* * *= meanness, turpitude, penny-pinching.Ex: He is well known for his abuse of those publishers who, because of meanness and lack of professionalism, do not ensure good and ample indexes.
Ex: The danger ultimately of erotic and political excess is civic turpitude.Ex: The key to penny-pinching is to have, as much as possible, but only what you want, not what you don't.* * *1 (cualidad — de tacaño) meanness, stinginess ( colloq)2 (acción egoísta) mean thing to do3(cantidad insignificante): ¡qué mezquindad de sueldo te pagan! what paltry wages o what a pittance they pay you!esta ración es una mezquindad this is a really mean o stingy portion* * *
mezquindad sustantivo femenino
(— de vil): smallmindedness, pettiness
' mezquindad' also found in these entries:
English:
meanness
- parsimony
- pettiness
- stinginess
* * *mezquindad nf1. [avaricia] meanness, stinginess2. [carácter miserable] meanness, nastiness* * *f meanness* * *mezquindad nf1) : meanness, stinginess2) : petty deed, mean action
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