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1 mezquindad
f.1 meanness.2 mean action.3 low action, evil act, vile act.4 smallmindedness, poorness of spirit, pettiness.* * *1 meanness, stinginess2 (acción) mean thing* * *SF1) (=tacañería) meanness, stinginess2) (=insignificancia) paltriness, wretchedness3) (=acto vil) mean thing (to do)* * *a) ( cualidad - de tacaño) meanness, stinginess (colloq); (- de ruin)es de una mezquindad asombrosa — he's incredibly nasty o (colloq) mean
b) ( acción egoísta) mean thing to do* * *= meanness, turpitude, penny-pinching.Ex. He is well known for his abuse of those publishers who, because of meanness and lack of professionalism, do not ensure good and ample indexes.Ex. The danger ultimately of erotic and political excess is civic turpitude.Ex. The key to penny-pinching is to have, as much as possible, but only what you want, not what you don't.* * *a) ( cualidad - de tacaño) meanness, stinginess (colloq); (- de ruin)es de una mezquindad asombrosa — he's incredibly nasty o (colloq) mean
b) ( acción egoísta) mean thing to do* * *= meanness, turpitude, penny-pinching.Ex: He is well known for his abuse of those publishers who, because of meanness and lack of professionalism, do not ensure good and ample indexes.
Ex: The danger ultimately of erotic and political excess is civic turpitude.Ex: The key to penny-pinching is to have, as much as possible, but only what you want, not what you don't.* * *1 (cualidad — de tacaño) meanness, stinginess ( colloq)2 (acción egoísta) mean thing to do3(cantidad insignificante): ¡qué mezquindad de sueldo te pagan! what paltry wages o what a pittance they pay you!esta ración es una mezquindad this is a really mean o stingy portion* * *
mezquindad sustantivo femenino
(— de vil): smallmindedness, pettiness
' mezquindad' also found in these entries:
English:
meanness
- parsimony
- pettiness
- stinginess
* * *mezquindad nf1. [avaricia] meanness, stinginess2. [carácter miserable] meanness, nastiness* * *f meanness* * *mezquindad nf1) : meanness, stinginess2) : petty deed, mean action -
2 mezquindad
• evil act• low action• meagerness• misery• Nigerian• niggardly• parsimoniously• parsing• pettifogging• petting• stinginess• vile act -
3 pichulear
verbo intransitivo (RPl fam) ( demostrar mezquindad) to be stingy (colloq); ( trabajar) to scrape a living by doing odd jobs* * *verbo intransitivo (RPl fam) ( demostrar mezquindad) to be stingy (colloq); ( trabajar) to scrape a living by doing odd jobs* * *pichulear [A1 ]vt■ pichulearvi1 (demostrar mezquindad) to be stingy ( colloq)no pichulees don't be so stingysiempre anda pichuleando she's always penny-pinching ( colloq)2 (trabajar) to scrape a living by doing odd jobs* * *pichulear viRP Fam [regatear] to haggle -
4 pichuleo
* * ** * *vive del pichuleo he scrapes a living doing odd jobs o doing a bit of this and that ( colloq)3* * *pichuleo nmRP Fam haggling -
5 egoísta
adj.selfish, egocentric, egoistic, egoistical.f. & m.selfish person, egoist, self-seeker.* * *► adjetivo1 selfish, egoistic, egoistical1 egoist, selfish person* * *adj.* * *1.ADJ egoistical, selfish2.SMF egoist, selfish person* * *Iadjetivo selfish, egotisticIIno seas egoistón — (fam) don't be mean (colloq)
masculino y femenino (Psic) egotist* * *= selfish, egoistic, egotistical, egoist, self-serving, self-focusing, self-focused, egotistic, egotist.Ex. Like little children they're selfish, demanding, and dependent.Ex. Idealistic theoretical slogans abound but an egoistic, suspicious and lax attitude on the part of decision makers towards resource sharing has not been overcome.Ex. Some critics have portrayed Christopher Columbus as egotistical, inept, brutal, and even sadistic.Ex. Hypocrites are generally regarded as morally-corrupt, cynical egoists who consciously and deliberately deceive others in order to further their own interests.Ex. At the same time he warns against self-serving marketing.Ex. We can all do the same for each other provided we have discovered how to talk in a way that gets beyond the self-focusing use of literature.Ex. In either case we are making use of the book for our own ends: our reading has become self-focused.Ex. The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.Ex. One nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people.----* de modo egoísta = selfishly.* * *Iadjetivo selfish, egotisticIIno seas egoistón — (fam) don't be mean (colloq)
masculino y femenino (Psic) egotist* * *= selfish, egoistic, egotistical, egoist, self-serving, self-focusing, self-focused, egotistic, egotist.Ex: Like little children they're selfish, demanding, and dependent.
Ex: Idealistic theoretical slogans abound but an egoistic, suspicious and lax attitude on the part of decision makers towards resource sharing has not been overcome.Ex: Some critics have portrayed Christopher Columbus as egotistical, inept, brutal, and even sadistic.Ex: Hypocrites are generally regarded as morally-corrupt, cynical egoists who consciously and deliberately deceive others in order to further their own interests.Ex: At the same time he warns against self-serving marketing.Ex: We can all do the same for each other provided we have discovered how to talk in a way that gets beyond the self-focusing use of literature.Ex: In either case we are making use of the book for our own ends: our reading has become self-focused.Ex: The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.Ex: One nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people.* de modo egoísta = selfishly.* * *selfish, egoistic, egotistic( Psic) egoist, egotistes una egoísta she is very selfish* * *
egoísta adjetivo
selfish, egotistic
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (Psic) egotist;
egoísta
I adjetivo egoistic, selfish
II mf egoist, selfish person
' egoísta' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
buitre
- interesada
- interesado
- acaparador
- mezquindad
- puro
- volver
English:
ax
- axe
- egoist
- possessive
- selfish
- unselfish
* * *♦ adjegoistic, selfish;¡mira que eres egoísta! you're so selfish!;era muy egoísta con sus hermanos he was very selfish towards his brothers and sisters♦ nmfegotist, selfish person;ser un egoísta to be very selfish, to be an egotist* * *I adj selfish, egoisticII m/f egoist* * *egoísta adj: selfish, egoisticegoísta nmf: egoist, selfish person* * *egoísta1 adj selfishegoísta2 n selfish person -
6 escasez
f.1 shortage (insuficiencia).escasez de mano de obra labor shortage2 scarcity, meagerness, lack, shortage.* * *1 (carencia) scarcity, lack, shortage2 (mezquindad) meanness, stinginess* * *noun f.1) scarcity, lack, shortage2) want* * *SF1) (=insuficiencia) shortage, scarcity más frmescasez de agua — shortage o scarcity más frm of water
hay escasez de medicamentos — there is a shortage of medicine, medicine is in short supply
escasez de mano de obra/viviendas — labour/housing shortage
2) (=pobreza) poverty3) pl escaseces (=apuros)4) †† (=tacañería) meanness, stinginess* * *femenino shortage* * *= poverty, scarcity, shortage, dearth, paucity, starvation, sparsity, sparseness.Ex. The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.Ex. The relative scarcity of music automated authority and bibliographic records likewise increases costs.Ex. Universities currently facing a shortage of space for books should consider sending a proportion of lesser used journals to the British Library now.Ex. One obvious implication of this situation for the humanities is the dearth of relevant databases.Ex. So we see extraordinary hardships cheerfully borne (indeed, apparently enjoyed) by zealous mountaineers, earnest single-handed yachtsmen floating round the world, and all-weather fishing-hobbyists sit patiently at the side of, and sometimes in, rivers, undeterred by the paucity of their catches.Ex. This approach let to the financial starvation of public libraries.Ex. The new and rapidly developing information technology systems can be used to overcome distance and sparsity of population.Ex. This problem is referred to as the data sparseness problem = A este problema se le conoce como el problema de la escasez de datos.----* escasez de agua = water shortage.* escasez de alimentos = food scarcity.* escasez de crédito = credit crunch, credit squeeze.* escasez de información = information scarcity, information underload.* escasez de mano de obra = labour shortage.* haber escasez de = be in short supply, be at a premium.* una escasez de = a dearth of.* * *femenino shortage* * *= poverty, scarcity, shortage, dearth, paucity, starvation, sparsity, sparseness.Ex: The economically told chronicle of Slake's adventures is an eloquent study of poverty, of fear, and finally of hope as circumstances converge to force Slake from his temporary limbo.
Ex: The relative scarcity of music automated authority and bibliographic records likewise increases costs.Ex: Universities currently facing a shortage of space for books should consider sending a proportion of lesser used journals to the British Library now.Ex: One obvious implication of this situation for the humanities is the dearth of relevant databases.Ex: So we see extraordinary hardships cheerfully borne (indeed, apparently enjoyed) by zealous mountaineers, earnest single-handed yachtsmen floating round the world, and all-weather fishing-hobbyists sit patiently at the side of, and sometimes in, rivers, undeterred by the paucity of their catches.Ex: This approach let to the financial starvation of public libraries.Ex: The new and rapidly developing information technology systems can be used to overcome distance and sparsity of population.Ex: This problem is referred to as the data sparseness problem = A este problema se le conoce como el problema de la escasez de datos.* escasez de agua = water shortage.* escasez de alimentos = food scarcity.* escasez de crédito = credit crunch, credit squeeze.* escasez de información = information scarcity, information underload.* escasez de mano de obra = labour shortage.* haber escasez de = be in short supply, be at a premium.* una escasez de = a dearth of.* * *shortagela posguerra fue una época de escasez the postwar period was a time of shortagesescasez DE algo:la escasez de medios hizo que fracasara el plan the lack of resources led to the failure of the planese verano hubo escasez de agua there was a water shortage that summerla escasez de recursos naturales es el problema principal del país the country's main problem is its lack o shortage of natural resources o is the scarcity of its natural resources* * *
escasez sustantivo femenino
shortage;
por escasez de medios owing to a lack of resources
escasez sustantivo femenino shortage
' escasez' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
carencia
- concienciar
- déficit
- privación
- insuficiencia
- mal
- penuria
English:
absence
- basic
- chronic
- dearth
- hoard
- labour
- lack
- scarcity
- shortage
- undermanning
* * *escasez nf1. [insuficiencia] shortage;hay escasez de agua en esa región there a shortage of water in that region;la escasez de población es un problema en la zona the dearth of population is a problem in the area;montan espectáculos con gran escasez de medios they put on shows with very slender resources2. [pobreza] poverty;en tiempos de escasez in times of hardship* * *f shortage, scarcity* * ** * *escasez n shortage -
7 sordidez
f.1 squalor (miseria).2 sordidness.* * *1 (suciedad) squalor2 (mezquindad) meanness* * *SF1) (=suciedad) sordidness, squalor2) (=inmoralidad) sordidness* * ** * *= sleaze, sordidness.Ex. This Internet site presents crime news and reports, mixing high-mindedness and sleaze appeal.Ex. The author makes the most of the sordidness of the first sexual encounters of the protagonist, Stella, and the tawdriness of the theater company where she finds her first job.* * ** * *= sleaze, sordidness.Ex: This Internet site presents crime news and reports, mixing high-mindedness and sleaze appeal.
Ex: The author makes the most of the sordidness of the first sexual encounters of the protagonist, Stella, and the tawdriness of the theater company where she finds her first job.* * *1 (suciedad) squalor, sordidness2 (de un tema, negocio) sordidness* * *
sordidez sustantivo femenino
1 (pobreza, miseria) squalor
2 (inmoralidad, indecencia, vileza) sordidness
' sordidez' also found in these entries:
English:
sordidness
* * *sordidez nf1. [miseria] squalor2. [obscenidad, perversión] sordidness* * *f sordidness* * * -
8 tacañería
f.1 stinginess, cheapness, avarice, meanness.2 stingy act.* * *1 stinginess, meanness* * *SF1) (=mezquindad) meanness, stinginess2) (=astucia) craftiness* * *femenino stinginess, meanness (colloq)* * *= meanness, penny-pinching.Ex. He is well known for his abuse of those publishers who, because of meanness and lack of professionalism, do not ensure good and ample indexes.Ex. The key to penny-pinching is to have, as much as possible, but only what you want, not what you don't.* * *femenino stinginess, meanness (colloq)* * *= meanness, penny-pinching.Ex: He is well known for his abuse of those publishers who, because of meanness and lack of professionalism, do not ensure good and ample indexes.
Ex: The key to penny-pinching is to have, as much as possible, but only what you want, not what you don't.* * *miserliness, stinginess, meanness ( colloq)* * *
tacañería sustantivo femenino
stinginess, meanness (colloq)
tacañería sustantivo femenino meanness, stinginess
' tacañería' also found in these entries:
English:
meanness
- penny-pinching
- stingily
- stinginess
* * *tacañería nfmeanness, miserliness* * *f fammiserliness, stinginess fam* * *tacañería nf: miserliness, stinginess -
9 tacaño
adj.mean, cheap, cheapskate, close-fisted.m.miser, tightwad, Scrooge.* * *► adjetivo1 mean, stingy► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 skinflint, miser* * *(f. - tacaña)adj.* * *ADJ1) (=avaro) mean, stingy2) (=astuto) crafty* * *I- ña adjetivo stingy, meanII- 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, meanII- 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.* * *miserly, stingy, meanmasculine, feminine* * *
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♦ adjmean, miserly♦ nm,fmean o miserly person;ser un tacaño to be mean o miserly* * *I adj fammiserly, stingy famII m, tacaña f fammiser fam, tightwad fam* * *tacaño, -ña adjmezquino: stingy, miserlytacaño, -ña n: miser, tightwad* * *tacaño1 adj mean¡no seas tacaño! don't be mean!tacaño2 n skinflint -
10 vil
adj.1 vile, despicable.2 base, wicked, dastardly, despicable.3 low.* * *► adjetivo1 vile, base, despicable* * *adj.* * *ADJ [persona] low, villainous; [acto] vile, rotten; [conducta] despicable, mean; [trato] unjust, shabby* * *adjetivo (liter) <acto/persona> vile, despicable* * *= despicable, poison-pen, dastardly, beyond evil, lowdown, ignoble.Ex. Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.Ex. The writer explains how he earned a poison-pen reputation as dance and music critic at the Los Angeles Times.Ex. A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.Ex. What his brother did was beyond evil, they should've finished him off with the death sentence.Ex. The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.Ex. Some religions (e.g. Judaism) explicitly demand ignoble attitudes in their followers.* * *adjetivo (liter) <acto/persona> vile, despicable* * *= despicable, poison-pen, dastardly, beyond evil, lowdown, ignoble.Ex: Gestation, menstruation, & pregnancy were often considered shameful and despicable.
Ex: The writer explains how he earned a poison-pen reputation as dance and music critic at the Los Angeles Times.Ex: A dastardly livery driver raped a 30-year-old woman passenger on Jan. 31, cops said.Ex: What his brother did was beyond evil, they should've finished him off with the death sentence.Ex: The board clearly didn't care if its commissioner was a lowdown, lying, corrupt and untrustworthy creep, likely because that is the nature of the entire organization.Ex: Some religions (e.g. Judaism) explicitly demand ignoble attitudes in their followers.* * *( liter); ‹acto› vile, despicable, base; ‹persona› vile, despicableun hombre vil y despreciable a vile, despicable man ( liter)aquel vil asesinato that vile murder ( frml)* * *
vil adjetivo (liter) ‹acto/persona› vile, despicable
vil adjetivo despicable, vile
' vil' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
baja
- bajo
- calumnia
- metal
- ruin
- vileza
- villana
- villano
- desgraciado
- mezquindad
- mezquino
English:
base
- foul
- miserable
- nefarious
- out-and-out
- scummy
- squalid
- vile
- cheap
- despicable
* * *vil adjvile, despicable;Humel vil metal filthy lucre* * *adj vile, despicable* * *vil adj: vile, dispicable -
11 pichuleo *
SM1) Cono Sur (=mezquindad) meanness, stinginess *
См. также в других словарях:
mezquindad — sustantivo femenino 1. (no contable) Cualidad propia de una persona o de una cosa mezquina: la mezquindad de un sueldo, la mezquindad de un jefe, la mezquindad de un regalo. 2. Acción o palabra propia de una persona mezquina: La lista de sus… … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
mezquindad — 1. f. Cualidad de mezquino. 2. Acción o cosa mezquina … Diccionario de la lengua española
mezquindad — ► sustantivo femenino 1 Modo de ser o comportarse el mezquino o tacaño. SINÓNIMO ruindad 2 Acción o expresión propia de una persona tacaña. SINÓNIMO tacañería 3 Cosa pequeña o diminuta. SINÓNIMO pequeñez * * * mezquindad 1 f. Cualidad de mezquino … Enciclopedia Universal
mezquindad — {{#}}{{LM M25769}}{{〓}} {{SynM26421}} {{[}}mezquindad{{]}} ‹mez·quin·dad› {{《}}▍ s.f.{{》}} {{<}}1{{>}} Avaricia, tacañería o ruindad. {{<}}2{{>}} Hecho o dicho mezquinos. {{#}}{{LM SynM26421}}{{〓}} {{CLAVE… … Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos
mezquindad — sustantivo femenino avaricia*, tacañería, ruindad, cicatería, tiña (coloquial), sordidez, canallada, vileza. ≠ generosidad. * * * Sinónimos: ■ … Diccionario de sinónimos y antónimos
ratería — mezquindad; vileza; bajeza humana; canalla; cf. güiña, último, tóxico, ratón, ratonaje, ratero, rata; la ratería era tal en esa empresa que el jabón para las manos lo hacían mezclando Rinso con agua , la ratería está en todas partes en esta… … Diccionario de chileno actual
ratonaje — mezquindad; pequeñez de espíritu; oportunismo miserable, nimio y vil; bajeza humana; cf. rata, ratería, ratón; se va el ratonaje amateur de la izquierda festiva; entra a La Moneda el ratonaje profesional de la derecha ávida , el ratonaje en esa… … Diccionario de chileno actual
escasez — ► sustantivo femenino 1 Falta o mengua de una cosa: ■ la escasez de medicamentos favorece la expansión de la epidemia. IRREG. plural escaseces SINÓNIMO exigüidad insuficiencia 2 Falta de lo necesario para subsistir: ■ la escasez afecta a las… … Enciclopedia Universal
Adarme — (Del ár. ad dirham, octava parte de la onza< gr. drakma, moneda, peso.) ► sustantivo masculino 1 METROLOGÍA Medida de peso que equivalía a 1,7 gramos o1,8 gramos, según las regiones. 2 coloquial Cantidad o porción mínima de algo material o… … Enciclopedia Universal
miseria — (Del lat. miseria.) ► sustantivo femenino 1 Estado de pobreza o escasez extrema: ■ las ayudas internacionales no son suficientes para paliar la miseria de los países del tercer mundo. SINÓNIMO penuria indigencia pobreza ANTÓNIMO riqueza 2 Estado… … Enciclopedia Universal
pequeñez — ► sustantivo femenino 1 Reducido tamaño de alguna cosa: ■ dada su pequeñez te costará encontrar la rosca del pendiente. IRREG. plural pequeñeces 2 Cosa de poco valor o importancia, tanto tratándose de un objeto como de cosas que se dicen o se… … Enciclopedia Universal