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1 skinflint
skinflint n tacañotr['skɪnflɪnt]1 familiar tacaño,-askinflint ['skɪn.flɪnt] n: tacaño m, -ña fn.• avaro s.m.• manicorto s.m.noun (colloq) roñoso, -sa m,f (fam), tacaño, -ña m,f, amarrete, -ta m,f (AmS fam), pichirre mf (Ven fam)['skɪnflɪnt]N tacaño(-a) m / f, roñoso(-a) m / f* * *noun (colloq) roñoso, -sa m,f (fam), tacaño, -ña m,f, amarrete, -ta m,f (AmS fam), pichirre mf (Ven fam) -
2 skinflint
adj.mísero, tacaño, méndigo, cicatero.s.1 rata, roñoso(a) (familiar)2 mísero, cicatero. -
3 agarrado
Del verbo agarrar: ( conjugate agarrar) \ \
agarrado es: \ \el participioMultiple Entries: agarrado agarrar
agarrado 1
◊ -da adjetivo■ 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 him4 (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 -
4 amarrete
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5 cicatero
cicatero
◊ -ra adjetivo (fam) tightfisted (colloq)■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) skinflint (colloq) ' cicatero' also found in these entries: English: penny-pinching -
6 pichirre
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7 roñica
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8 roñoso
roñoso
◊ -sa adjetivo1 [ESTAR]c) (Vet) mangy2 [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
См. также в других словарях:
skinflint — [skinflint΄] n. [< thieves slang: lit., one who would skin a flint for gain or economy] a niggardly person; miser … English World dictionary
Skinflint — Skin flint , n. [Skin + flint.] A penurious person; a miser; a niggard. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
skinflint — 1700, miser, slang; lit. kind of person who would skin a flint to save or gain something, from SKIN (Cf. skin) (v.) + FLINT (Cf. flint). Flay flint in same sense is from 1670s … Etymology dictionary
skinflint — [n] cheapskate hoarder, miser, moneygrubber*, penny pincher*, pinchfist*, pinchpenny*, Scrooge*, tightwad; concepts 348,412,423 … New thesaurus
skinflint — ► NOUN informal ▪ a miser … English terms dictionary
Skinflint — A skinflint is a person considered so miserly that he would even skin a flint to save something of it. A flint is a small piece of flintstone used to strike a spark in the tinderbox. The flints in modern day lighters aren t made of flintstone,… … Wikipedia
skinflint — UK [ˈskɪnˌflɪnt] / US noun [countable] Word forms skinflint : singular skinflint plural skinflints informal someone who does not like to spend or give money … English dictionary
skinflint — noun one who is excessively stingy or cautious with money; a tightwad; a miser That skinflint would reuse dental floss if he thought it would save money … Wiktionary
skinflint — [[t]skɪ̱nflɪnt[/t]] skinflints N COUNT (disapproval) If you describe someone as a skinflint, you are saying that they are a mean person who hates spending money. Syn: miser … English dictionary
skinflint — /ˈskɪnflɪnt / (say skinflint) noun a mean, niggardly person. {skin (verb) + flint; that is, a mean person who would skin or shave a small piece off a flint to start a fire} …
skinflint — Used since the eighteenth century to describe a miserly person, one who would attempt to skin a flint in order to save money. The Opies, however, report in The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren, that ‘skinflint’ is frequently used by… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address