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avariento

  • 1 avariento

    adj.
    miserly, close-fisted, grudging, avaricious.
    m.
    miser, money-grubber, Scrooge, moneygrubber.
    * * *
    1 (tacaño) avaricious, mean, miserly; (codicioso) greedy, avaricious
    * * *
    avariento, -a
    ♦
    [codicioso] greedy; [tacaño] avaricious, miserly
    ♦ nm,f
    [codicioso] greedy person; [tacaño] miser

    Spanish-English dictionary > avariento

  • 2 avariento

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

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > avariento

  • 3 avariento ADJ

    avaricious, greedy

    Spanish-English dictionary > avariento ADJ

  • 4 ser avariento

    • be miserly
    • skin a flint

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > ser avariento

  • 5 ser avariento

    v.
    to be miserly, to be grappling, to be grudging, to skin a flint.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ser avariento

  • 6 avaricioso

    adj.
    avaricious, greedy, grasping, miserly.
    * * *
    1→ link=avariento avariento,-a
    * * *
    (f. - avariciosa)
    adj.
    greedy, avaricious
    * * *
    I
    - sa, avariento -ta adjetivo greedy, avaricious
    II
    - sa, avariento -ta masculino, femenino greedy o avaricious person
    * * *
    = greedy [greedier -comp., greediest -sup.], predatory, rapacious.
    Ex. The author discusses whether it is possible for the scholarly community to take over scholarly publishing altogether and put greedy publishers out of business.
    Ex. Physical violence may be predatory or affective.
    Ex. Golf courses are emerging as one of the most environmentally rapacious and socially divisive forms of tourist and property development.
    * * *
    I
    - sa, avariento -ta adjetivo greedy, avaricious
    II
    - sa, avariento -ta masculino, femenino greedy o avaricious person
    * * *
    = greedy [greedier -comp., greediest -sup.], predatory, rapacious.

    Ex: The author discusses whether it is possible for the scholarly community to take over scholarly publishing altogether and put greedy publishers out of business.

    Ex: Physical violence may be predatory or affective.
    Ex: Golf courses are emerging as one of the most environmentally rapacious and socially divisive forms of tourist and property development.

    * * *
    greedy, avaricious
    masculine, feminine
    greedy o avaricious person
    * * *

    avaricioso
    ◊ -sa, avariento -ta adjetivo

    greedy, avaricious
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    greedy o avaricious person
    avaricioso adjetivo greedy

    ' avaricioso' also found in these entries:
    English:
    grasping
    * * *
    avaricioso, -a
    ♦ adj
    [codicioso] greedy; [tacaño] avaricious, miserly
    ♦ nm,f
    [codicioso] greedy person; [tacaño] miser
    * * *
    adj greedy, avaricious
    * * *
    avaricioso, -sa adj
    : avaricious, greedy
    * * *
    avaricioso adj greedy [comp. greedier; superl. greediest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > avaricioso

  • 7 miserable

    adj.
    1 poor (pobre).
    2 miserable (penoso, insuficiente).
    3 contemptible, base (vil).
    4 mean (tacaño).
    5 miserly, mean, stingy.
    6 meager, scant.
    f. & m.
    1 wretch, vile person (persona vil).
    2 mean person, miser (tacaño).
    * * *
    1 (desdichado) miserable
    2 (insignificante) miserly; (tacaño) mean
    3 (malvado) wretched
    1 (malvado) wretch
    2 (tacaño) miser
    * * *
    adj.
    1) miserable, wretched
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=tacaño) mean, stingy; (=avaro) miserly
    2) [sueldo] miserable, paltry
    3) (=vil) vile, despicable
    4) [lugar, habitación] squalid, wretched
    5) (=desdichado) wretched
    2. SMF
    1) (=desgraciado) wretch
    2) (=canalla) swine, wretch

    ¡miserable! — you miserable wretch!

    * * *
    I
    a) ( pobre) < vivienda> miserable, wretched; < sueldo> paltry, miserable
    b) ( avaro) mean, stingy (colloq)
    c) ( malvado) malicious, nasty
    II
    masculino y femenino wretch, scoundrel
    * * *
    = mean [meaner -comp., meanest -sup.], miserable, squalid, mean-spirited, paltry [paltrier -comp., paltriest -sup.], measly [measlier -comp., measliest -sup.], dastardly, cheapskate.
    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. Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    Ex. The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex. Don't waste your time on this mean-spirited little film of no consequence.
    Ex. And there is no guarantee that any of the paltry sums of extra money available will actually benefit the workers in the recipient countries.
    Ex. Despite the Bank of England's base rate having risen by a full percentage point, the average savings rate is still ' measly'.
    Ex. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex. Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.
    ----
    * fracaso miserable = miserable failure.
    * llevar una vida miserable = live + wretched existence.
    * * *
    I
    a) ( pobre) < vivienda> miserable, wretched; < sueldo> paltry, miserable
    b) ( avaro) mean, stingy (colloq)
    c) ( malvado) malicious, nasty
    II
    masculino y femenino wretch, scoundrel
    * * *
    = mean [meaner -comp., meanest -sup.], miserable, squalid, mean-spirited, paltry [paltrier -comp., paltriest -sup.], measly [measlier -comp., measliest -sup.], dastardly, cheapskate.

    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: Sometimes of an evening, after my miserable journeyings through the day, I would stand for hours in the Strand, leaning against the shutters of a closed shop, and watching the compositors at work by gaslight on the opposite side of the way, upon a morning paper.
    Ex: The author examines Whistler's visits to the more squalid sections of the city, his views along the Thames and his portrayals of street urchins.
    Ex: Don't waste your time on this mean-spirited little film of no consequence.
    Ex: And there is no guarantee that any of the paltry sums of extra money available will actually benefit the workers in the recipient countries.
    Ex: Despite the Bank of England's base rate having risen by a full percentage point, the average savings rate is still ' measly'.
    Ex: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.
    Ex: Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.
    * fracaso miserable = miserable failure.
    * llevar una vida miserable = live + wretched existence.

    * * *
    1 (pobre) ‹vivienda› miserable, wretched; ‹sueldo› paltry, miserable
    2 (avaro) mean, stingy ( colloq)
    3 (malvado) malicious, nasty
    wretch, scoundrel, nasty piece of work ( colloq)
    * * *

    miserable adjetivo

    ‹ sueldo› paltry, miserable
    b) ( avaro) mean, stingy (colloq)


    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    wretch, scoundrel
    miserable
    I adjetivo
    1 (lástimoso, pobre) wretched, poor: gana un sueldo miserable, she earns a miserable salary
    2 (malvado, ruin) despicable
    un comportamiento miserable, despicable behaviour
    3 (avariento) mean
    II mf
    1 (mezquino) miser
    2 (canalla) wretch, scoundrel: un miserable le robó la bicicleta, some scoundrel stole his bicycle
    ' miserable' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    astrosa
    - astroso
    - escoria
    - mezquina
    - mezquino
    - mísera
    - miseria
    - mísero
    - pajolera
    - pajolero
    - chancho
    - triste
    English:
    abject
    - miser
    - miserable
    - niggardly
    - skimpy
    - squalid
    - stingy
    - bleak
    - sorry
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [pobre] poor;
    [vivienda] wretched, squalid
    2. [penoso, insuficiente] miserable
    3. [vil] contemptible, base
    4. [tacaño] mean
    ♦ nmf
    1. [persona vil] wretch, vile person
    2. [tacaño] mean person, miser
    * * *
    I adj wretched
    II m/f
    1 ( tacaño) skinflint
    2 ( canalla) swine
    * * *
    1) lastimoso: miserable, wretched
    2) : paltry, meager
    3) mezquino: stingy, miserly
    4) : despicable, vile

    Spanish-English dictionary > miserable

  • 8 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

  • 9 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

  • 10 roñosa

    adj.
    1 scabby, diseased with a scab, leprous.
    2 dirty (sucio), nasty, filthy.
    3 wily, sly, crafty.
    4 mean, sordidly parsimonious.
    5 unpolished, coarse (tosco). (Andes)
    6 tricky (tramposo). (Andes)
    7 bitter (rencoroso). (Caribbean & Mexico)
    * * *

    roñoso,-a adjetivo
    1 (muy sucio) filthy, dirty
    2 (oxidado) rusty
    3 fam (tacaño, avariento) stingy

    Spanish-English dictionary > roñosa

См. также в других словарях:

  • avariento — avariento, ta adjetivo y sustantivo avaro, avaricioso*, ávido, codicioso, mezquino, tacaño, ruin, roñoso, cicatero, sórdido, miserable*, desventurado …   Diccionario de sinónimos y antónimos

  • avariento — avariento, ta adjetivo,sustantivo masculino y femenino 1. Uso/registro: elevado. Que tiene un afán excesivo por acumular riqueza …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • avariento — avariento, ta (De avaro). adj. avaricioso. U. t. c. s.) …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • avariento — ► adjetivo/ sustantivo Que tiene avaricia. SINÓNIMO avaricioso * * * avariento, a adj. y n. Avaro. * * * avariento, ta. (De avaro). adj. avaricioso. U. t. c. s. * * * ► …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • avariento — {{＃}}{{LM A04201}}{{〓}} {{SynA04297}} {{［}}avariento{{］}}, {{［}}avarienta{{］}} ‹a·va·rien·to, ta› {{《}}▍ adj./s.{{》}} → {{上}}avaro, ra{{下}}. {{＃}}{{LM SynA04297}}{{〓}} {{CLAVE A04201}}{{＼}}{{CLAVE}}{{／}}{{＼}}SINÓNIMOS Y ANTÓNIMOS:{{／}}… …   Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • Avariento, do tiene el tesoro, tiene el entendimiento, (El) — Así Baubecourt, cuyo amor al dinero era tal que a punto de morir ordenó que le pusieran sobre la cama el arca de sus riquezas, y mientras acariciaba con pasión las áureas monedas, gemía angustiosamente: «¡Y pensar que es forzoso que yo os deje!» …   Diccionario de dichos y refranes

  • En arca de avariento, el diablo yace dentro. — Porque en ella, junto a la sordidez, se esconde la inmisericordia. «Un señor de título refiere, al caso, el proverbista era muy guardoso y avariento, y avía fama de que tenía mucho dinero escondido, y llegando entre otros señores a besar la mano… …   Diccionario de dichos y refranes

  • Abad avariento, por un bodigo pierde ciento. — Reprende la codicia de aquellos clérigos que, por alzarse con una determinada ofrenda, perdían la oportunidad de recibir otras, olvidando que la avaricia, por lo común, redunda en perjuicio del propio avaro …   Diccionario de dichos y refranes

  • Al avariento y al puerco, después de muertos. — Porque tanto uno como otro sólo entonces se vuelven provechosos para los demás …   Diccionario de dichos y refranes

  • Piensa el avariento que gasta por uno, y gasta por ciento. — Porque, a causa de su extrema mezquindad, a menudo se ve paradójicamente forzado a doblar los gastos …   Diccionario de dichos y refranes

  • Si el avariento fuera sol, nadie tendría luz ni calor. — Porque en su inmisericorde sordidez, sería incapaz de prestar su auxilio a los demás …   Diccionario de dichos y refranes

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