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θika'teroadj( tacaño) knausrig, knickrig, geizig————————cicaterocicatero , -a [θika'tero, -a]I adjetivoknaus(e)rig familiarII sustantivo masculino, femenino -
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adj.1 niggardly, scrimpy, close-fisted, niggard.2 prudish.m.miser, skinflint, Scrooge, niggard.* * *► adjetivo1 stingy, mean► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 miser* * *cicatero, -a1.ADJ stingy, mean2.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.* * *se dice ahorrador, pero es más bien cicatero he says he's thrifty, but I'd call him a misermasculine, feminine* * *
cicatero◊ -ra adjetivo (fam) tightfisted (colloq)
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) skinflint (colloq)
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English:
penny-pinching
* * *cicatero, -a♦ adjstingy, mean, Br miserly♦ nm,fskinflint, miser* * *I adj stingyII m, cicatera f miser, tightwad fam
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