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1 rácana
rácano,-a
I adj fam pey
1 (con el dinero) stingy, mean
2 (con el trabajo) lazy
II sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 (con el dinero) scrooge, miser
2 (con el trabajo) layabout, slacker
* * *I adj famstingy fam, meanII m, rácana f tightwad fam, skinflint fam -
2 rácano
adj.1 slothful, idle.2 stingy, mean.m.1 Scrooge, mean devil.2 bum.* * *► adjetivo2 familiar (holgazán) idle, lazy* * *rácano, -a *1. ADJ1) (=tacaño) stingy *, mean2) (=vago) bone idle3) (=artero) sly, cunning2. SM / F1) (=tacaño) mean devil, scrooge *2) (=vago) slacker, idler* * *I II* * *I II* * *rácano11 = stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, scrooge, 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: 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.rácano22 = layabout.Ex: There is no evidence that inherited wealth is in itself responsible for turning young people into useless layabouts.
* * *( fam)2 (malhumorado) bad-temperedmasculine, feminine( fam)2 (malhumorado) bad-tempered person ( o devil etc)* * *
rácano,-a
I adj fam pey
1 (con el dinero) stingy, mean
2 (con el trabajo) lazy
II sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 (con el dinero) scrooge, miser
2 (con el trabajo) layabout, slacker
' rácano' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
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- rácana
* * *rácano, -a Fam Pey♦ adj1. [tacaño] mean, stingy2. [holgazán] idle, lazy♦ nm,f1. [tacaño] mean o stingy devil2. [holgazán] lazybones* * *I adj famstingy fam, meanII m, rácana f tightwad fam, skinflint fam* * *
См. также в других словарях:
RACANA — apud Anastasium Bibliothec. in Silvestro, Oleum Cyprium libr, centum, papyrum rancanas libras mille, ubi Salmasius ligit, papyrum, racanas mundas mille. Et infra, possesssio insula Mathabeo prostans solidos quingentos et decem, papyrum mundium… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
racana — रचन … Indonesian dictionary
cikura-racanā — चिकुररचना … Indonesian dictionary
dánta-racanā — दन्तरचना … Indonesian dictionary
dhūrta-racanā — धूर्तरचना … Indonesian dictionary
kéṡa-racanā — केशरचना … Indonesian dictionary
kū́ṭa-racanā — कूटरचना … Indonesian dictionary
muhūrtá-racana — मुहूर्तरचन … Indonesian dictionary
padá-racanā — पदरचना … Indonesian dictionary
pádya-racanā — पद्यरचना … Indonesian dictionary
pakshá-racanā — पक्षरचना … Indonesian dictionary
