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(with+delight)

  • 81 delirious

    dɪˈlɪrɪəs прил.
    1) а) (находящийся) в бреду б) бредовый, бессмысленный, бессвязный( о словах, речи)
    2) сумасшедший, помешанный;
    безумный, неистовый Syn: frantic, feverous, crazed, mad находящийся в бреду - he is * from fever, he is in * fever у него такой жар, что он бредит безумный, сумасшедший, исступленный, горячечный - * screech неистовый скрежет - * ravings исступленный бред без ума, вне себя - to be * with delight быть вне себя от восторга бредовой, бессвязный ( о речи) delirious безумный, исступленный;
    горячечный;
    delirious with delight вне себя от радости ~ бредовой;
    бессвязный (о речи) ~ (находящийся) в бреду delirious безумный, исступленный;
    горячечный;
    delirious with delight вне себя от радости

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > delirious

  • 82 crow

    1. noun
    1) (bird) Krähe, die
    2) (cry of cock) Krähen, das
    2. intransitive verb
    1) [Hahn:] krähen
    2) (exult)

    crow over — [hämisch] frohlocken über (+ Akk.)

    * * *
    [krəu] 1. noun
    1) (the name given to a number of large birds, generally black.) die Krähe
    2) (the cry of a cock.) das Krähen
    2. verb
    1) ((past tense crew) to utter the cry of a cock.) krähen
    2) (to utter a cry of delight etc: The baby crowed with happiness.) krähen
    •
    - academic.ru/115793/crows-nest">crows-nest
    * * *
    crow1
    [krəʊ, AM kroʊ]
    n Krähe f
    ▶ as the \crow flies [in der] Luftlinie
    crow2
    <crowed or esp BRIT crew, crowed or esp BRIT crew>
    [krəʊ, AM kroʊ]
    vi
    1. (cry) baby, cock krähen
    2. (express happiness) jauchzen, juchzen fam; (gloatingly) triumphieren
    to \crow with delight vor Freude jubeln
    * * *
    I [krəʊ]
    n
    1) (ORN) Krähe f

    as the crow flies — (in der) Luftlinie

    2)
    See:
    = crowbar
    II
    1. n
    (of cock, baby) Krähen nt no pl; (of person) J(a)uchzer m
    2. vi
    1) pret crowed or ( old) crew, ptp crowed (cock) krähen
    2) pret, ptp crowed (fig: boast) sich brüsten, angeben (about mit); (= exult) hämisch frohlocken (over über +acc)
    * * *
    crow1 [krəʊ] s
    1. ORN (eine) Krähe:
    as the crow flies Luftlinie;
    eat crow bes US umg zu Kreuze kriechen;
    have a crow to pluck ( oder pull, pick) with sb US umg mit jemandem ein Hühnchen zu rupfen haben;
    stone the crows! Br sl Mensch!, Mann!
    2. ORN (ein) Rabenvogel m oder rabenähnlicher Vogel
    3. → crowbar
    crow2 [krəʊ]
    A v/i prät crowed und ( für 1) crew [kruː], pperf crowed, obs crown [krəʊn]
    1. krähen (Hahn)
    2. (fröhlich) krähen
    3. jubeln, frohlocken, triumphieren ( alle:
    over über akk)
    4. protzen umg, prahlen ( beide:
    over, about mit)
    B v/t etwas krähen
    C s
    1. Krähen n
    2. Jubel(schrei) m
    crow3 [krəʊ] s ZOOL Gekröse n
    * * *
    1. noun
    1) (bird) Krähe, die
    2) (cry of cock) Krähen, das
    2. intransitive verb
    1) [Hahn:] krähen

    crow over — [hämisch] frohlocken über (+ Akk.)

    * * *
    n.
    Krähe -n f. v.
    krähen v.

    English-german dictionary > crow

  • 83 užitak

    m pleasure, enjoyment, delight, comfort; treat, feast | s -kom with delight, delightedly, with (great) pleasure, with gusto; -ak za oči feast for the eyes; najveći - highest pleasure, one's idea of heaven
    * * *
    • enjoyment
    • delight
    • jo
    • pleasure

    Hrvatski-Engleski rječnik > užitak

  • 84 себе

    си it goes without saying, it stands to reason
    нещо, което се разбира от само себе си a matter of course
    давам да се разбере make it plain/clear, let it be understood, intimate
    давам да се разбере отдалече imply remotely, give a gentle hint
    разбира се certainly, naturally, sure, definitely, of course, to be sure
    ам. разг. you bet
    (си) вж. се
    на себе си (вътрешно) inwardly, mentally
    на себе си съм be o.s
    не на себе си wild. distracted, frantic, out of o.'s reason, transported
    (смазан) prostrate
    не на себе си от радост frantic with delight; transported with joy
    не съм на себе си not be in o.'s senses, be out of o.'s senses, not be o.s
    вън от себе си beside o.s. (от with)
    дълбоко в себе си deep in o.s.
    познай себе си know thyself
    от само себе си се разбира it goes without saying; it stands to reason
    вземам със себе си take with one, take along
    нося с/държа до/гледам пред/поставям до/събирам около/оставям зад себе си carry with/keep by/look before/put beside/gather round/leave behind one
    идвам на себе си come round, come to o.'s senses
    излизам от себе си lose self-control/o.'s temper, be exasperated, разг. go off the deep end, fly off the handle
    имам пари у себе си have money with/on/about one
    казвам на себе си say to o.s.
    отговарям за себе си be responsible for o.s.
    погубвам и себе си, и, други destroy self and others
    всеки гледа себе си charity begins at home; everyone looks after his own interests
    * * *
    1. (си) вж. се 2. (смазан) prostrate 3. ам. разг. you bet. 4. вземам със СЕБЕ си take with one, take along 5. всеки гледа СЕБЕ си charity begins at home; everyone looks after his own interests 6. вън от СЕБЕ си beside o.s. (от with) 7. давам да се разбере make it plain/clear, let it be understood, intimate 8. давам да се разбере недвусмислено give a broad hint 9. давам да се разбере отдалече imply remotely, give a gentle hint 10. дълбоко в СЕБЕ си deep in o.s. 11. идвам на СЕБЕ си come round, come to o.'s senses 12. излизам от СЕБЕ си lose self-control/o.'s temper, be exasperated, разг. go off the deep end, fly off the handle 13. имам пари у СЕБЕ си have money with/on/about one 14. казвам на СЕБЕ си say to o.s. 15. на СЕБЕ си (вътрешно) inwardly, mentally 16. на СЕБЕ си съм be o.s 17. не на СЕБЕ си wild. distracted, frantic, out of o.'s reason, transported 18. не на СЕБЕ си от радост frantic with delight;transported with joy 19. не съм на СЕБЕ си not be in o.'s senses, be out of o.'s senses, not be o.s 20. нещо, което се разбира от само себе си a matter of course 21. нося с/държа до/гледам пред/поставям до/събирам около/оставям задСЕБЕ си carry with/keep by/look before/put beside/gather round/leave behind one 22. от само СЕБЕ си се разбира it goes without saying;it stands to reason 23. отговарям за СЕБЕ си be responsible for o.s. 24. погубвам и СЕБЕ си, и, други destroy self and others 25. познай СЕБЕ си know thyself 26. разбира се certainly, naturally, sure, definitely, of course, to be sure 27. си it goes without saying, it stands to reason

    Български-английски речник > себе

  • 85 gusto

    m taste
    ( sapore) flavo(u)r
    fig ( piacere) pleasure
    buon/cattivo gusto good/bad taste
    senza gusto tasteless
    * * *
    gusto s.m.
    1 (senso del gusto) taste: è piacevole al gusto, it is agreeable to the taste; avere il gusto fine, delicato, to have a fine palate
    2 (sapore) taste; (aroma) flavour: un gelato al gusto di limone, a lemon (-flavoured) ice cream; mi lasciò un gusto amaro, it left a bitter taste in my mouth; questa minestra non ha alcun gusto, this soup has no taste (o is tasteless) // aver gusto di, to taste of: questo arrosto ha troppo gusto di aglio, this roast tastes too much of garlic
    3 (senso estetico) taste: un abito di gusto, a tasteful dress; arredato con ottimo gusto, furnished in very good taste; un uomo di (buon) gusto, a man of (good) taste; uno scherzo di cattivo gusto, di dubbio gusto, a joke in bad taste, in doubtful taste
    4 (preferenza) taste; like: è una questione di gusti, it is a matter of tastes; ognuno ha i suoi gusti, tastes differ; che razza di gusti!, what weird taste!; il gusto della citazione, a taste for quotation // tutti i gusti son gusti, (prov.) there is no accounting for taste
    5 (voglia, capriccio) fancy: un gusto passeggero, a passing fancy; mi sono tolto il gusto delle fragole, I've satisfied my craving for strawberries
    6 (gradimento) liking, taste: è di tuo gusto?, is it to your liking?; questo metodo non è di suo gusto, this method is not to his liking (o taste)
    7 (piacere, entusiasmo) zest, gusto, relish: se ti bocciano, ci ho gusto, I'll be glad if they fail you; mangiammo di gusto, we ate with relish; suonava di gusto, he was playing with zest (o gusto); ridere di gusto, to laugh heartily; che gusto ci provi a bere così tanto?, what do you get out of drinking so much?; prendere gusto a qlco., to take a liking to sthg. (o to get to like sthg.); ha preso gusto alle carte, he has taken a liking to (playing) cards; prende gusto a stuzzicarmi, he enjoys teasing me; mi sono preso il gusto di dirglielo in faccia, I had the satisfaction of telling him to his face; ho perso il gusto di andare al cinema, I don't enjoy going to the cinema any more
    8 (stile) style: il gusto neoclassico, neoclassical style.
    * * *
    ['gusto]
    sostantivo maschile
    1) (senso) taste
    2) (sapore) taste; gastr. flavour

    avere un buon, cattivo gusto — to taste nice, unpleasant

    avere un gusto dolce — to have a sweet taste, to be sweet to the taste

    trovar(ci) gusto in qcs., a fare qcs. — to enjoy sth., doing sth.

    prenderci gusto — to get to like sth., to acquire a taste for sth., to develop a taste o liking for sth.

    4) (senso estetico, della misura) taste

    di buon, cattivo gusto — [arredamento, vestito, scherzo] in good, bad taste

    ha un ottimo, pessimo gusto nel vestire — she has exquisite, awful taste in clothes

    5) (preferenza, gradimento) taste
    6) di gusto [bere, mangiare] with gusto, with relish; [ ridere] heartily, with delight
    ••

    (tutti) i -i sono -i — prov. there's no accounting for tastes, one man's meat is another man's poison

    * * *
    gusto
    /'gusto/
    sostantivo m.
     1 (senso) taste
     2 (sapore) taste; gastr. flavour; al gusto di caffè coffee-flavoured; che gusto ha? what does it taste like? avere un buon, cattivo gusto to taste nice, unpleasant; avere un gusto dolce to have a sweet taste, to be sweet to the taste; non avere nessun gusto to be tasteless
     3 (piacere) trovar(ci) gusto in qcs., a fare qcs. to enjoy sth., doing sth.; prenderci gusto to get to like sth., to acquire a taste for sth., to develop a taste o liking for sth.; non c'è gusto a litigare con lui it's no fun arguing with him
     4 (senso estetico, della misura) taste; di buon, cattivo gusto [ arredamento, vestito, scherzo] in good, bad taste; le persone di buon gusto people with good taste; ha un ottimo, pessimo gusto nel vestire she has exquisite, awful taste in clothes; sarebbe di cattivo gusto fare it would be in bad o poor taste to do
     5 (preferenza, gradimento) taste; è di tuo gusto? is this to your taste? troppo violento per i miei -i too violent for my taste(s); troppo furbo per i miei -i too smart for my liking
     6 di gusto [ bere, mangiare] with gusto, with relish; [ ridere] heartily, with delight
    (tutti) i -i sono -i prov. there's no accounting for tastes, one man's meat is another man's poison.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > gusto

  • 86 gaudenter

    gaudĕo, gāvīsus, 2 (archaic perf. gavisi, Liv. Andron. and Cass. Hem. ap. Prisc. p. 868 P.), v. n. and a. [Gr. gaiô, rejoice, for gaWiô; cf. gavisus; root gau-; gêtheô, ganumai, etc.; cf. agauros, proud, agê, astonishment], to rejoice, be glad or joyful respecting any thing, to take pleasure in, be pleased with, delight in (of inward joy, opp. laetari, to show one's self glad, exhibit joy; cf.:

    gaudere decet, laetari non decet, quoniam docendi causa a gaudio laetitiam distinguimus,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 31, 66); usually constr. with an object-clause, quod, the abl., or absol.; less freq. with the acc., cum, quia, the gen., si, etc.
    (α).
    With acc. and inf. or the simple inf.:

    quae perfecta esse gaudeo vehementerque laetor,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136; cf.:

    quem tamen esse natum et nos gaudemus et haec civitas dum erit laetabitur,

    id. Lael. 4, 14:

    salvum te advenire gaudeo,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 52:

    venire tu me gaudes?

    id. ib. 2, 2, 7:

    quos sibi Caesar oblatos gavisus,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 13 fin.:

    animus aliquid magnum agere gaudet,

    Quint. 1, 2, 30; 2, 1, 5; 9, 2, 78:

    laudari in bonis gaudent,

    id. 5, 12, 22:

    in domo vires remansuras esse gaudebant,

    Curt. 10, 7, 15; Sen. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 18:

    iterare culpam,

    Tac. H. 3, 11; Plin. Pan. 12, 4; cf.:

    motus doceri gaudet Ionicos,

    Hor. C. 3, 6, 21; 3, 18, 15:

    laedere gaudes,

    id. S. 1, 4, 78:

    spargere gaudes argumenta viri,

    Juv. 9, 84.—
    (β).
    With quod:

    sane gaudeo, quod te interpellavi,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 1, 1:

    gaude, quod spectant oculi te mille loquentem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 19:

    quod scribis te a Caesare cottidie plus diligi, immortaliter gaudeo,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 9; cf.:

    bonis viris quod ais probari quae adhuc fecerimus, valde gaudeo,

    id. Att. 9, 7, 6.—
    (γ).
    With abl.:

    ipsa liberatione et vacuitate omnis molestiae gaudemus, omne autem id, quo gaudemus, voluptas est,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

    correctione,

    id. Lael. 24, 90:

    illis,

    id. ib. 6, 22:

    aequitate justitiaque,

    id. ib. 22, 82:

    hoc scientiae genere,

    id. Off. 3, 33, 121:

    praeda ac populationibus, magis quam otio aut requie,

    Liv. 22, 9, 5:

    scaena gaudens miraculis,

    id. 5, 21, 9:

    equis,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 26:

    equis canibusque,

    id. A. P. 162: rure, [p. 803] id. S. 1, 10, 45:

    pictis tabellis,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 72:

    carmine (with delectari iambis),

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 59:

    gaude sorte tua,

    id. Epod. 14, 15; cf.:

    ille cubans gaudet mutata sorte,

    id. S. 2, 6, 110:

    ero gaude,

    i. e. at your master's return, Cat. 31, 12; Juv. 6, 74; 209; 379;

    7, 105.—Prov.: gaudet patientia duris,

    Luc. 9, 403.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    tristis sit (servus), si eri sint tristes: hilarus sit, si gaudeant,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 6; 3, 4, 10:

    gaudebat, me laudabat,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 5:

    gaudeat an doleat,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 12:

    et irasci nos et gaudere fingimus,

    Quint. 9, 2, 26:

    si est nunc ullus gaudendi locus,

    Cic. Att. 9, 7, 6:

    de Bursa, te gaudere certo scio,

    id. Fam. 7, 2, 2:

    admonebo, ut in sinu gaudeant, gloriose loqui desinant,

    id. Tusc. 3, 21, 51.—
    (ε).
    With acc. (usually with homogeneous or general objects):

    hunc scio mea solide gavisurum gaudia,

    Ter. And. 5, 5, 8; cf.: ut suum gaudium gauderemus, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1; Cat. 61, 119:

    jam id gaudeo,

    Ter. And. 2, 2, 25; cf.:

    gaudeo, etsi nil scio quod gaudeam,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 62:

    hoc aliud est, quod gaudeamus,

    id. Eun. 5, 9, 11; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 63:

    quod gaudere posset, hoc fuit,

    Ov. M. 12, 607: nunc furit tam gavisos homines suum dolorem, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 1:

    gaudent natorum fata parentes,

    Stat. Th. 4, 231:

    tu dulces lituos ululataque proelia gaudes,

    id. ib. 9, 724.—In pass.:

    ista pars gaudenda mihi potius quam, etc.,

    Symm. Ep. 3, 29.—
    (ζ).
    With cum, quia, si, in, etc.:

    quom gravidam et quom te pulcre plenam aspicio, gaudeo,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 49; id. Truc. 2, 4, 33; 2, 6, 35:

    quom tu's liber, gaudeo,

    id. Men. 5, 9, 87:

    quia vos tranquillos video, gaudeo et volupe est mihi,

    id. Am. 3, 3, 3: Er. Gaude. He. Quid ego gaudeam? Er. Quia ego impero. Age, gaude modo, id. Capt. 4, 2, 59:

    gaudes, si cameram percusti forte,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 273:

    mea Clotho et Lachesis gaudent, si pascitur inguine venter,

    Juv. 9, 136:

    crudeles gaudent in tristi funere fratris,

    Lucr. 3, 72:

    in puero,

    Prop. 2, 4, 18 (28):

    tibi gratulor, mihi gaudeo, te amo,

    I for my part, as for myself, Cic. Fam. 6, 15; v. in the foll. the passage Lucr. 3, 145.—
    B.
    Like chairein of inanim. and abstr. things, to rejoice in, delight in any thing (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    nec tantum Phoebo gaudet Parnasia rupes,

    Verg. E. 6, 29; 9, 48:

    postquam oleo gavisa cutis,

    Stat. Th. 6, 847:

    umore omnia hortensia gaudent,

    Plin. 19, 8, 39, § 131:

    rastris atque ablaqueationibus (myrrha),

    id. 12, 15, 33 §

    66: addebantur et laudes, quibus haud minus quam praemio gaudent militum animi,

    Liv. 2, 60, 3:

    oratio gaudebit occasione laetius decurrendi,

    Quint. 12, 9, 2:

    (paeon) ante se brevibus gaudet pyrrhichio vel choreo,

    id. 9, 4, 111; 10, 7, 16:

    (vites) Amineae pingui arvo maxime gaudeant,

    Col. 3, 2, 16:

    id (sc. consilium, animus) sibi solum per se sapit: id sibi gaudet,

    rejoices for itself, Lucr. 3, 145.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    In sinu or in se, to rejoice within one's self or secretly, to feel a quiet joy:

    ut in sinu gaudeant,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 21, 51:

    qui sapit, in tacito gaudeat ille sinu,

    Tib. 4, 13, 8 (cf.:

    in tacito cohibe gaudia clausa sinu,

    Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 30):

    tam gaudet in se tamque se ipse miratur,

    Cat. 22, 17.—
    B.
    Like the Gr. chairein, as a word of salutation (pure Lat. salvere):

    Celso gaudere et bene rem gerere Albinovano Musa rogata refer,

    take my greetings to Celsus, Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 1; so ib. 15.—Hence, gaudens, entis, P. a., joyful, cheerful (very rare):

    interea cum Musis nos delectabimus animo aequo, immo vero etiam gaudenti ac libenti,

    Cic. Att. 2, 4, 2; Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 9; Stat. S. 4, 6, 55:

    si quis Forte coheredum senior male tussiet, huic tu Dic... gaudentem nummo te addicere,

    with pleasure, gladly, Hor. S. 2, 5, 109.— Adv.: gauden-ter, rejoicingly (late Lat. and rare), Pseud. August. ad Fratr. Erem. Serm. 10 al.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > gaudenter

  • 87 gaudeo

    gaudĕo, gāvīsus, 2 (archaic perf. gavisi, Liv. Andron. and Cass. Hem. ap. Prisc. p. 868 P.), v. n. and a. [Gr. gaiô, rejoice, for gaWiô; cf. gavisus; root gau-; gêtheô, ganumai, etc.; cf. agauros, proud, agê, astonishment], to rejoice, be glad or joyful respecting any thing, to take pleasure in, be pleased with, delight in (of inward joy, opp. laetari, to show one's self glad, exhibit joy; cf.:

    gaudere decet, laetari non decet, quoniam docendi causa a gaudio laetitiam distinguimus,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 31, 66); usually constr. with an object-clause, quod, the abl., or absol.; less freq. with the acc., cum, quia, the gen., si, etc.
    (α).
    With acc. and inf. or the simple inf.:

    quae perfecta esse gaudeo vehementerque laetor,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136; cf.:

    quem tamen esse natum et nos gaudemus et haec civitas dum erit laetabitur,

    id. Lael. 4, 14:

    salvum te advenire gaudeo,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 52:

    venire tu me gaudes?

    id. ib. 2, 2, 7:

    quos sibi Caesar oblatos gavisus,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 13 fin.:

    animus aliquid magnum agere gaudet,

    Quint. 1, 2, 30; 2, 1, 5; 9, 2, 78:

    laudari in bonis gaudent,

    id. 5, 12, 22:

    in domo vires remansuras esse gaudebant,

    Curt. 10, 7, 15; Sen. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 18:

    iterare culpam,

    Tac. H. 3, 11; Plin. Pan. 12, 4; cf.:

    motus doceri gaudet Ionicos,

    Hor. C. 3, 6, 21; 3, 18, 15:

    laedere gaudes,

    id. S. 1, 4, 78:

    spargere gaudes argumenta viri,

    Juv. 9, 84.—
    (β).
    With quod:

    sane gaudeo, quod te interpellavi,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 1, 1:

    gaude, quod spectant oculi te mille loquentem,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 19:

    quod scribis te a Caesare cottidie plus diligi, immortaliter gaudeo,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 9; cf.:

    bonis viris quod ais probari quae adhuc fecerimus, valde gaudeo,

    id. Att. 9, 7, 6.—
    (γ).
    With abl.:

    ipsa liberatione et vacuitate omnis molestiae gaudemus, omne autem id, quo gaudemus, voluptas est,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

    correctione,

    id. Lael. 24, 90:

    illis,

    id. ib. 6, 22:

    aequitate justitiaque,

    id. ib. 22, 82:

    hoc scientiae genere,

    id. Off. 3, 33, 121:

    praeda ac populationibus, magis quam otio aut requie,

    Liv. 22, 9, 5:

    scaena gaudens miraculis,

    id. 5, 21, 9:

    equis,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 26:

    equis canibusque,

    id. A. P. 162: rure, [p. 803] id. S. 1, 10, 45:

    pictis tabellis,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 72:

    carmine (with delectari iambis),

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 59:

    gaude sorte tua,

    id. Epod. 14, 15; cf.:

    ille cubans gaudet mutata sorte,

    id. S. 2, 6, 110:

    ero gaude,

    i. e. at your master's return, Cat. 31, 12; Juv. 6, 74; 209; 379;

    7, 105.—Prov.: gaudet patientia duris,

    Luc. 9, 403.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    tristis sit (servus), si eri sint tristes: hilarus sit, si gaudeant,

    Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 6; 3, 4, 10:

    gaudebat, me laudabat,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 5:

    gaudeat an doleat,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 12:

    et irasci nos et gaudere fingimus,

    Quint. 9, 2, 26:

    si est nunc ullus gaudendi locus,

    Cic. Att. 9, 7, 6:

    de Bursa, te gaudere certo scio,

    id. Fam. 7, 2, 2:

    admonebo, ut in sinu gaudeant, gloriose loqui desinant,

    id. Tusc. 3, 21, 51.—
    (ε).
    With acc. (usually with homogeneous or general objects):

    hunc scio mea solide gavisurum gaudia,

    Ter. And. 5, 5, 8; cf.: ut suum gaudium gauderemus, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1; Cat. 61, 119:

    jam id gaudeo,

    Ter. And. 2, 2, 25; cf.:

    gaudeo, etsi nil scio quod gaudeam,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 62:

    hoc aliud est, quod gaudeamus,

    id. Eun. 5, 9, 11; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 63:

    quod gaudere posset, hoc fuit,

    Ov. M. 12, 607: nunc furit tam gavisos homines suum dolorem, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 1:

    gaudent natorum fata parentes,

    Stat. Th. 4, 231:

    tu dulces lituos ululataque proelia gaudes,

    id. ib. 9, 724.—In pass.:

    ista pars gaudenda mihi potius quam, etc.,

    Symm. Ep. 3, 29.—
    (ζ).
    With cum, quia, si, in, etc.:

    quom gravidam et quom te pulcre plenam aspicio, gaudeo,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 49; id. Truc. 2, 4, 33; 2, 6, 35:

    quom tu's liber, gaudeo,

    id. Men. 5, 9, 87:

    quia vos tranquillos video, gaudeo et volupe est mihi,

    id. Am. 3, 3, 3: Er. Gaude. He. Quid ego gaudeam? Er. Quia ego impero. Age, gaude modo, id. Capt. 4, 2, 59:

    gaudes, si cameram percusti forte,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 273:

    mea Clotho et Lachesis gaudent, si pascitur inguine venter,

    Juv. 9, 136:

    crudeles gaudent in tristi funere fratris,

    Lucr. 3, 72:

    in puero,

    Prop. 2, 4, 18 (28):

    tibi gratulor, mihi gaudeo, te amo,

    I for my part, as for myself, Cic. Fam. 6, 15; v. in the foll. the passage Lucr. 3, 145.—
    B.
    Like chairein of inanim. and abstr. things, to rejoice in, delight in any thing (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    nec tantum Phoebo gaudet Parnasia rupes,

    Verg. E. 6, 29; 9, 48:

    postquam oleo gavisa cutis,

    Stat. Th. 6, 847:

    umore omnia hortensia gaudent,

    Plin. 19, 8, 39, § 131:

    rastris atque ablaqueationibus (myrrha),

    id. 12, 15, 33 §

    66: addebantur et laudes, quibus haud minus quam praemio gaudent militum animi,

    Liv. 2, 60, 3:

    oratio gaudebit occasione laetius decurrendi,

    Quint. 12, 9, 2:

    (paeon) ante se brevibus gaudet pyrrhichio vel choreo,

    id. 9, 4, 111; 10, 7, 16:

    (vites) Amineae pingui arvo maxime gaudeant,

    Col. 3, 2, 16:

    id (sc. consilium, animus) sibi solum per se sapit: id sibi gaudet,

    rejoices for itself, Lucr. 3, 145.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    In sinu or in se, to rejoice within one's self or secretly, to feel a quiet joy:

    ut in sinu gaudeant,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 21, 51:

    qui sapit, in tacito gaudeat ille sinu,

    Tib. 4, 13, 8 (cf.:

    in tacito cohibe gaudia clausa sinu,

    Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 30):

    tam gaudet in se tamque se ipse miratur,

    Cat. 22, 17.—
    B.
    Like the Gr. chairein, as a word of salutation (pure Lat. salvere):

    Celso gaudere et bene rem gerere Albinovano Musa rogata refer,

    take my greetings to Celsus, Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 1; so ib. 15.—Hence, gaudens, entis, P. a., joyful, cheerful (very rare):

    interea cum Musis nos delectabimus animo aequo, immo vero etiam gaudenti ac libenti,

    Cic. Att. 2, 4, 2; Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 9; Stat. S. 4, 6, 55:

    si quis Forte coheredum senior male tussiet, huic tu Dic... gaudentem nummo te addicere,

    with pleasure, gladly, Hor. S. 2, 5, 109.— Adv.: gauden-ter, rejoicingly (late Lat. and rare), Pseud. August. ad Fratr. Erem. Serm. 10 al.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > gaudeo

  • 88 agarrado

    adj.
    1 stingy, miserly, mean.
    2 clutched.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: agarrar.
    * * *
    1→ link=agarrar agarrar
    1 familiar stingy, tight
    \
    bailar agarrado to dance cheek to cheek
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) mean, stingy
    2)
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    a) [ser] (fam) ( tacaño) tightfisted (colloq)
    b) [estar] (CS fam) ( enamorado) in love
    II
    - da masculino, femenino (fam) ( tacaño) skinflint (colloq), tightwad (AmE colloq)
    III
    * * *
    = 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
    - da adjetivo
    a) [ser] (fam) ( tacaño) tightfisted (colloq)
    b) [estar] (CS fam) ( enamorado) in love
    II
    - da masculino, femenino (fam) ( tacaño) skinflint (colloq), tightwad (AmE colloq)
    III
    * * *
    = 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.

    * * *
    agarrado1 -da
    1 ( fam); ‹persona› tight ( colloq), tightfisted ( colloq)
    2
    (CS fam) (enamorado): está muy agarrado de ella he's crazy about her ( colloq)
    agarrado2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    ( fam)
    skinflint ( colloq), tightwad ( AmE colloq), tight-ass ( AmE colloq)
    bailar agarrado to dance closely, dance cheek to cheek
    * * *

    Del verbo agarrar: ( conjugate agarrar)

    agarrado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    agarrado    
    agarrar
    agarrado 1
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) [ser] (fam) ( tacaño) tightfisted (colloq)

    b) [estar] (CS fam) ( enamorado) in love

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) ( tacaño) skinflint (colloq), tightwad (AmE colloq)
    agarrado 2 adverbio:

    agarrar ( conjugate agarrar) verbo transitivo
    1 ( sujetar) to grab, get hold of;


    (con violencia, rapidez) she grabbed me by the arm
    2 (esp AmL) ‹ objeto› ( tomar) to take;
    ( atajar) to catch;

    3 (AmL) (pescar, atrapar) to catch;
    ◊ si lo agarro, lo mato if I get o lay my hands on him, I'll kill him

    4 (esp AmL) ( adquirir) ‹resfriado/pulmonía› to catch;
    ‹costumbre/vicio› to pick up;
    ‹ ritmo› to get into;
    ‹ velocidad› to gather, pick up;

    le agarró asco he got sick of it;
    le he agarrado odio I've come to hate him
    5 (AmL) ( entender) ‹indirecta/chiste› to get
    verbo intransitivo
    1 (asir, sujetar):
    ◊ toma, agarra here, hold this;

    agarra por ahí take hold of that part
    2 [planta/injerto] to take;
    [ tornillo] to grip, catch;
    [ ruedas] to grip;
    [ tinte] to take
    agarrarse verbo pronominal
    1 ( asirse) to hold on;
    agárrate bien or fuerte hold on tight;
    agarradose a or de algo to hold on to sth;

    2 ‹dedo/manga› to catch;

    3 (esp AmL) ‹resfriado/pulmonía› to catch;

    agarradose un disgusto/una rabieta to get upset/into a temper
    4 (AmL fam) ( pelearse) to get into a fight;

    agarradose con algn to have a set-to with sb (colloq)
    agarrado,-a adjetivo
    1 familiar stingy, tight
    2 (baile) cheek-to-cheek dancing
    agarrar verbo transitivo
    1 (sujetar con fuerza) to grasp, seize: lo tienes bien agarrado, you are holding it tightly
    2 LAm (coger) to take
    3 fam (pillar a alguien, un resfriado) to catch
    agarrar(se) una borrachera, to get drunk o fam pissed
    ' agarrado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    agarrar
    - agarrada
    - soltar
    English:
    meanie
    - clutch
    - grasp
    - grip
    - tight
    * * *
    agarrado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [asido]
    me tenía agarrado de un brazo/del cuello he had me by the arm/the throat;
    agarrados del brazo arm in arm;
    agarrados de la mano hand in hand
    2. Fam [tacaño] tight, stingy
    3. Fam [baile] slow
    ♦ nm,f
    Fam [tacaño]
    ser un agarrado to be tight o stingy
    ♦ nm
    Fam [baile] slow dance
    ♦ adv
    Fam
    bailar agarrado to dance cheek to cheek
    * * *
    adj
    1 fam
    mean, stingy fam
    2
    :
    bailar agarrado dance close together
    * * *
    agarrado, -da adj, fam : cheap, stingy

    Spanish-English dictionary > agarrado

  • 89 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

  • 90 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

  • 91 ruin

    adj.
    1 low, contemptible (vil).
    2 mean (avaro).
    3 vile, base, perverse, wicked.
    * * *
    1 peyorativo (vil) mean, base, despicable, vile
    2 (pequeño) petty, insignificant
    3 (tacaño) stingy, mean
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=vil) [persona] contemptible, mean
    2) [trato] (=injusto) mean, shabby; (=cruel) heartless, callous
    3) (=tacaño) mean, stingy
    4) (=pequeño) small, weak
    5) [animal] vicious
    * * *
    a) (mezquino, vil) despicable, contemptible; ( avaro) miserly, mean (BrE)
    b) < animal> bad-tempered
    * * *
    = stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, despicable, mean [meaner -comp., meanest -sup.], dastardly.
    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. Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.
    Ex. Whereas in most European countries during this period welfare provision continued to develop, in Australia it languished at a level which, with the exception of Japan, was the meanest of the developed countries.
    Ex. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    * * *
    a) (mezquino, vil) despicable, contemptible; ( avaro) miserly, mean (BrE)
    b) < animal> bad-tempered
    * * *
    = stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, despicable, mean [meaner -comp., meanest -sup.], dastardly.

    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: Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.
    Ex: Whereas in most European countries during this period welfare provision continued to develop, in Australia it languished at a level which, with the exception of Japan, was the meanest of the developed countries.
    Ex: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.

    * * *
    1 (mezquino, vil) ‹persona› despicable, contemptible; ‹acción› despicable, contemptible, base ( liter)
    sus ruines intenciones his despicable o base intentions
    2 (avaro) miserly, mean ( BrE)
    3 ‹animal› bad-tempered, mean ( colloq)
    * * *

    ruin adjetivo (mezquino, vil) despicable, contemptible;
    ( avaro) miserly, mean (BrE)
    ruin adjetivo
    1 (despreciable, vil) mean, despicable, stingy
    2 (avariento, tacaño) stingy, miserly: era ruin con su familia y generoso consigo mismo, he was stingy to his family but generous to himself
    ' ruin' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abismo
    - abocada
    - abocado
    - arruinar
    - baja
    - bajo
    - cagar
    - cargarse
    - castigar
    - chafar
    - dar
    - desbaratar
    - deshacer
    - destrozar
    - dinamitar
    - ser
    - estropear
    - extemporánea
    - extemporáneo
    - fastidiar
    - jorobar
    - miserable
    - pasar
    - perder
    - perderse
    - polvo
    - ruina
    - salar
    - significar
    - tierra
    - acabar
    - chancho
    - consumir
    - destruir
    - echar
    - embromar
    - fregar
    - malograr
    - perdición
    - villano
    English:
    rack
    - ruin
    - ancient
    - break
    - destroy
    - doom
    - murder
    - wreck
    * * *
    ruin adj
    1. [vil] contemptible
    2. [avaro] mean
    3. Cuba [en celo] Br on heat, US in heat
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( despreciable) despicable, mean
    2 ( tacaño) mean, miserly
    * * *
    ruin adj
    1) : base, despicable
    2) : mean, stingy

    Spanish-English dictionary > ruin

  • 92 smile

    1. noun
    Lächeln, das

    a smile of joy/satisfaction — ein freudiges/befriedigtes Lächeln

    break into a smile — [plötzlich] zu lächeln beginnen

    with a smile — mit einem Lächeln [auf den Lippen]; lächelnd

    2. intransitive verb

    keep smiling — (fig.): (not despair) das Lachen nicht verlernen (fig.)

    smile at something — (lit. or fig.) über etwas (Akk.) lächeln

    smile with delight/pleasure — vor Freude strahlen

    * * *
    1. verb
    (to show pleasure, amusement etc by turning up the corners of the mouth: He smiled warmly at her as he shook hands; They all smiled politely at the joke; He asked her what she was smiling at.) lächeln
    2. noun
    (an act of smiling, or the resulting facial expression: `How do you do?' he said with a smile; the happy smiles of the children.) das Lächeln
    - academic.ru/68258/smiling">smiling
    - be all smiles
    * * *
    [smaɪl]
    I. n Lächeln nt
    we exchanged knowing \smiles wir lächelten uns wissend an
    his face was wreathed in \smiles er strahlte über das ganze Gesicht
    wipe that \smile off your face! hör auf, so zu grinsen!
    to bring a \smile to sb's face jdn zum Lächeln bringen
    \smile of pleasure/satisfaction freudiges/zufriedenes Lächeln
    to be all \smiles über das ganze Gesicht strahlen
    embarrassed/pained/sad \smile verlegenes/gequältes/trauriges Lächeln
    to give sb a \smile jdm zulächeln
    II. vi
    1. (produce a smile) lächeln
    ▪ to \smile at sb jdn anlächeln
    ▪ to \smile to oneself in sich akk hineinlächeln
    ▪ to \smile over sth über etw akk lächeln
    to \smile in the face of adversity [or disaster] ( fig) sich akk nicht unterkriegen lassen
    2. (look favourably upon)
    ▪ to \smile on sb es gut mit jdm meinen
    III. vt
    1. (express with a smile)
    he \smiled his congratulations er gratulierte mit einem Lächeln
    the hostess \smiled a welcome die Gastgeberin lächelte einladend
    2. (express with a particular smile)
    he \smiled a peculiarly joyless smile er legte ein auffällig freudloses Lächeln auf
    he \smiled the smile of a man who knew victory was within reach er lächelte siegesgewiss
    * * *
    [smaɪl]
    1. n
    Lächeln nt

    come on, give me a smile — lach doch mal!

    take that smile off your face! — hör auf, so zu grinsen!

    2. vi
    lächeln

    we tried to make the baby smile — wir versuchten, das Baby zum Lachen zu bringen

    come on, smile — lach mal!

    he's always smiling —

    keep smiling! — keep smiling!

    to smile at sb — jdn anlächeln; (cheerful person) jdn anlachen

    to smile at danger — der Gefahr (dat) ins Gesicht lachen

    to smile with pleasure/relief etc — vor Freude/Erleichterung etc strahlen

    3. vt
    * * *
    smile [smaıl]
    A v/i
    1. lächeln ( about über akk):
    smile happily ( oder with happiness) glücklich lächeln;
    smile, please FOTO bitte recht freundlich!;
    a) jemanden anlächeln, jemandem zulächeln,
    b) jemanden, etwas belächeln, lächeln über (akk);
    smile through one’s tears unter Tränen lächeln;
    come up smiling fig die Sache leicht überstehen; → keep C 3
    2. smile (up)on fig jemandem lächeln oder hold sein:
    fortune smiled on him Fortuna oder das Glück war ihm hold
    B v/t
    1. smile one’s approval (consent) beifällig (zustimmend) lächeln;
    smile a bitter smile bitter lächeln
    2. smile away seine Tränen etc hinweglächeln
    C s
    1. Lächeln n:
    with a smile lächelnd;
    give a smile lächeln;
    give sb a smile jemanden anlächeln, jemandem zulächeln;
    be all smiles (übers ganze Gesicht) strahlen
    2. meist pl fig Lächeln n, Gunst f
    * * *
    1. noun
    Lächeln, das

    a smile of joy/satisfaction — ein freudiges/befriedigtes Lächeln

    break into a smile — [plötzlich] zu lächeln beginnen

    with a smile — mit einem Lächeln [auf den Lippen]; lächelnd

    2. intransitive verb

    keep smiling — (fig.): (not despair) das Lachen nicht verlernen (fig.)

    smile at something — (lit. or fig.) über etwas (Akk.) lächeln

    smile with delight/pleasure — vor Freude strahlen

    * * *
    n.
    Lächeln - n. (at) v.
    lächeln (über) v. (to oneself) v.
    schmunzeln v.

    English-german dictionary > smile

  • 93 freudig

    I Adj. (froh) happy; (heiter) cheerful; (begeistert) enthusiastic, keen; (freudvoll) joyful; freudiges Ereignis happy event; sie sieht einem freudigen Ereignis entgegen euph. she has a happy event coming up, she’s in the family way; freudige Nachricht good news; freudige Überraschung delightful ( oder wonderful) surprise; in freudiger Erwartung (+ Gen) in joyful expectation
    II Adv. (froh) happily; (heiter) cheerfully; (begeistert) enthusiastically; (freudvoll) joyfully; jemanden freudig begrüßen greet s.o. joyfully ( oder warmly), give s.o. a cheerful hello; freudig erregt happy and excited, overjoyed; ich war freudig überrascht it was a pleasant ( stärker: delightful) surprise (for me)
    * * *
    joyful; joyous
    * * *
    freu|dig ['frɔydɪç]
    1. adj
    1) (= froh gestimmt) joyful; (= gern bereit) willing; (= begeistert) enthusiastic

    jdn fréúdig stimmen — to raise sb's spirits

    2) (= beglückend) happy, joyful (liter)

    eine fréúdige Nachricht — some good or joyful (liter) news, some glad tidings pl (old, Bibl)

    ein fréúdiges Ereignis (euph) — a happy or blessed event (euph)

    2. adv
    happily, joyfully

    einen Vorschlag fréúdig begrüßen — to greet a suggestion with delight

    etw fréúdig erwarten — to look forward to sth with great pleasure

    fréúdig überrascht sein — to be pleasantly surprised

    * * *
    freu·dig
    [ˈfrɔydɪç]
    I. adj
    1. (voller Freude) joyful, happy
    in \freudiger Erwartung looking forward to sth with great pleasure, in joyful expectation form
    ein \freudiges Gefühl a delightful feeling
    2. (erfreulich) pleasant, joyful liter
    eine \freudige Entwicklung a happy [or pleasing] development
    II. adv with joy [or delight]
    \freudig erregt excited
    \freudig überrascht pleasantly surprised
    * * *
    1.
    1) joyful, happy <face, feeling, greeting>; joyous < heart>
    2) (erfreulich) delightful < surprise>

    ein freudiges Ereignis — (verhüll.) a happy event

    2.

    von etwas freudig überrascht sein — be surprised and delighted about something

    * * *
    A. adj (froh) happy; (heiter) cheerful; (begeistert) enthusiastic, keen; (freudvoll) joyful;
    freudiges Ereignis happy event;
    sie sieht einem freudigen Ereignis entgegen euph she has a happy event coming up, she’s in the family way;
    freudige Nachricht good news;
    freudige Überraschung delightful ( oder wonderful) surprise;
    in freudiger Erwartung (+gen) in joyful expectation
    B. adv (froh) happily; (heiter) cheerfully; (begeistert) enthusiastically; (freudvoll) joyfully;
    jemanden freudig begrüßen greet sb joyfully ( oder warmly), give sb a cheerful hello;
    freudig erregt happy and excited, overjoyed;
    ich war freudig überrascht it was a pleasant ( stärker: delightful) surprise (for me)
    …freudig im adj eager to …, fond of …ing;
    ausgabefreudig free with one’s money;
    diskussionsfreudig eager to discuss, fond of discussing;
    erzählfreudig fond of telling stories;
    gebefreudig keen (US eager) to give, open-handed;
    tanzfreudig fond of dancing, keen on (US wild about) dancing
    * * *
    1.
    1) joyful, happy <face, feeling, greeting>; joyous < heart>
    2) (erfreulich) delightful < surprise>

    ein freudiges Ereignis — (verhüll.) a happy event

    2.
    * * *
    adj.
    glad adj.
    joyful adj. adv.
    joyfully adv.
    joyously adv.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > freudig

  • 94 Heulen

    v/i
    1. Wolf, Wind etc.: howl; Eule: hoot; Sirene: wail; Bombe etc.: scream
    2. umg. (weinen) cry; laut: howl; heulen um cry over ( oder about); er heulte vor Wut he wept with rage
    * * *
    das Heulen
    roar; howl; ululation
    * * *
    Heu|len
    nt -s,
    no pl
    1) (= das Weinen) howling, bawling, wailing

    Héúlen und Zähneklappern (Bibl) — wailing and gnashing of teeth

    2) (von Flugzeug, Motor) roaring; (von Wind, Tier) howling; (von Sirene) wailing
    * * *
    1) (to make a long, loud cry: The wolves howled; He howled with pain; We howled with laughter.) howl
    2) ((of wind) to make a similar sound: The wind howled through the trees.) howl
    3) (such a cry: a howl of pain; howls of laughter.) howl
    4) ((of car etc horns, sirens etc) to make a loud noise, as a warning, signal etc: You can't leave the factory till the siren hoots.) hoot
    * * *
    Heu·len
    <-s>
    [ˈhɔylən]
    1. (fam: das Weinen) howling fam, wailing, crying, bawling
    2. (das Geheul) howling
    3.
    ▶ \Heulen und Zähneklappern weeping and gnashing of teeth
    * * *
    1) < wolf, dog, jackal, etc.> howl; (fig.) <wind, gale> howl; < storm> roar
    2) <siren, buoy, etc.> wail
    3) (ugs.): (weinen) howl; bawl

    vor Wut/Schmerz/Freude heulen — howl and weep with rage/pain/howl with delight

    das ist zum Heulen — (ugs.) it's enough to make you weep

    * * *
    Heulen n; -s, kein pl
    1. howling etc; → heulen
    2. (Heulerei) crying, howling;
    es ist zum Heulen umg it’s enough to make you weep;
    Heulen und Zähneklappern BIBEL weeping and gnashing of teeth
    * * *
    1) <wolf, dog, jackal, etc.> howl; (fig.) <wind, gale> howl; < storm> roar
    2) <siren, buoy, etc.> wail
    3) (ugs.): (weinen) howl; bawl

    vor Wut/Schmerz/Freude heulen — howl and weep with rage/pain/howl with delight

    das ist zum Heulen — (ugs.) it's enough to make you weep

    * * *
    v.
    to cry v.
    to hoot v.
    to howl v.
    to scream v.
    to sob v.
    to ululate v.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Heulen

  • 95 heulen

    v/i
    1. Wolf, Wind etc.: howl; Eule: hoot; Sirene: wail; Bombe etc.: scream
    2. umg. (weinen) cry; laut: howl; heulen um cry over ( oder about); er heulte vor Wut he wept with rage
    * * *
    das Heulen
    roar; howl; ululation
    * * *
    Heu|len
    nt -s,
    no pl
    1) (= das Weinen) howling, bawling, wailing

    Héúlen und Zähneklappern (Bibl) — wailing and gnashing of teeth

    2) (von Flugzeug, Motor) roaring; (von Wind, Tier) howling; (von Sirene) wailing
    * * *
    1) (to make a long, loud cry: The wolves howled; He howled with pain; We howled with laughter.) howl
    2) ((of wind) to make a similar sound: The wind howled through the trees.) howl
    3) (such a cry: a howl of pain; howls of laughter.) howl
    4) ((of car etc horns, sirens etc) to make a loud noise, as a warning, signal etc: You can't leave the factory till the siren hoots.) hoot
    * * *
    Heu·len
    <-s>
    [ˈhɔylən]
    1. (fam: das Weinen) howling fam, wailing, crying, bawling
    2. (das Geheul) howling
    3.
    ▶ \Heulen und Zähneklappern weeping and gnashing of teeth
    * * *
    1) < wolf, dog, jackal, etc.> howl; (fig.) <wind, gale> howl; < storm> roar
    2) <siren, buoy, etc.> wail
    3) (ugs.): (weinen) howl; bawl

    vor Wut/Schmerz/Freude heulen — howl and weep with rage/pain/howl with delight

    das ist zum Heulen — (ugs.) it's enough to make you weep

    * * *
    heulen v/i
    1. Wolf, Wind etc: howl; Eule: hoot; Sirene: wail; Bombe etc: scream
    2. umg (weinen) cry; laut: howl;
    heulen um cry over ( oder about);
    er heulte vor Wut he wept with rage
    * * *
    1) <wolf, dog, jackal, etc.> howl; (fig.) <wind, gale> howl; < storm> roar
    2) <siren, buoy, etc.> wail
    3) (ugs.): (weinen) howl; bawl

    vor Wut/Schmerz/Freude heulen — howl and weep with rage/pain/howl with delight

    das ist zum Heulen — (ugs.) it's enough to make you weep

    * * *
    v.
    to cry v.
    to hoot v.
    to howl v.
    to scream v.
    to sob v.
    to ululate v.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > heulen

  • 96 Crow

    1. noun
    1) (bird) Krähe, die
    2) (cry of cock) Krähen, das
    2. intransitive verb
    1) [Hahn:] krähen
    2) (exult)

    crow over — [hämisch] frohlocken über (+ Akk.)

    * * *
    [krəu] 1. noun
    1) (the name given to a number of large birds, generally black.) die Krähe
    2) (the cry of a cock.) das Krähen
    2. verb
    1) ((past tense crew) to utter the cry of a cock.) krähen
    2) (to utter a cry of delight etc: The baby crowed with happiness.) krähen
    •
    - academic.ru/115793/crows-nest">crows-nest
    * * *
    crow1
    [krəʊ, AM kroʊ]
    n Krähe f
    ▶ as the \crow flies [in der] Luftlinie
    crow2
    <crowed or esp BRIT crew, crowed or esp BRIT crew>
    [krəʊ, AM kroʊ]
    vi
    1. (cry) baby, cock krähen
    2. (express happiness) jauchzen, juchzen fam; (gloatingly) triumphieren
    to \crow with delight vor Freude jubeln
    * * *
    I [krəʊ]
    n
    1) (ORN) Krähe f

    as the crow flies — (in der) Luftlinie

    2)
    See:
    = crowbar
    II
    1. n
    (of cock, baby) Krähen nt no pl; (of person) J(a)uchzer m
    2. vi
    1) pret crowed or ( old) crew, ptp crowed (cock) krähen
    2) pret, ptp crowed (fig: boast) sich brüsten, angeben (about mit); (= exult) hämisch frohlocken (over über +acc)
    * * *
    Crow [krəʊ] pl Crows, besonders koll Crow s
    1. Krähenindianer(in):
    the Crow die Crow
    2. LING Crow n (eine Sioux-Sprache)
    * * *
    1. noun
    1) (bird) Krähe, die
    2) (cry of cock) Krähen, das
    2. intransitive verb
    1) [Hahn:] krähen

    crow over — [hämisch] frohlocken über (+ Akk.)

    * * *
    n.
    Krähe -n f. v.
    krähen v.

    English-german dictionary > Crow

  • 97 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

  • 98 pesetero

    adj.
    penny-pinching, cheapskate, stingy.
    * * *
    1 money-grubbing
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 money-grubber
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=avaro) money-grabbing *, mercenary
    2) Méx [comerciante] small-time
    3) And, CAm, Caribe (=gorrón) sponging *
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo (Esp fam) money-grubbing (colloq)
    * * *
    = stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, 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. 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.
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo (Esp fam) money-grubbing (colloq)
    * * *
    = stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, 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: 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.

    * * *
    pesetero1 -ra
    ( Esp fam) money-grubbing ( colloq)
    pesetero2 -ra
    masculine, feminine
    ( Esp fam) money-grubber ( colloq)
    * * *

    pesetero,-a adjetivo stingy: no te hará nada gratis, es muy pesetero, he won't do anything for nothing, he's so mercenary
    ' pesetero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    pesetera
    * * *
    pesetero, -a Esp Fam Pey
    ♦ adj
    money-grubbing
    ♦ nm,f
    moneygrubber
    * * *
    adj fam
    money-grubbing fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > pesetero

  • 99 roñica

    1 familiar mean, stingy
    1 familiar scrooge, miser
    * * *
    = stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, 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. 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.
    * * *
    = stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, 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: 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.

    * * *

    roñica
    I adjetivo stingy, miserly
    II mf skinflint, tightwad
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    stingy, tight
    ♦ nmf
    skinflint

    Spanish-English dictionary > roñica

  • 100 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

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