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81 racanear
1 familiar (ser tacaño) to be mean, be stingy2 familiar (ser vago) to idle, slack* * *verbo intransitivo (fam) to be stingy (colloq)* * *= goof off.Ex. Some people believe that that most students students jsut goof off in college.* * *verbo intransitivo (fam) to be stingy (colloq)* * *= goof off.Ex: Some people believe that that most students students jsut goof off in college.
* * *racanear [A1 ]vi* * *♦ vtto be stingy with♦ vi1. [ser tacaño] to be stingy2. [holgazanear] to loaf about* * *v/i fambe a tightwad fam oskinflint fam -
82 rata
adj.stingy, mean (informal).f.1 rat.rata de agua water rat2 pickpocket, sneak thief, filcher.3 despicable person, rat.4 rate.5 Atlantic stargazer, Uranoscopus scaber.f. & m.stingy person (informal).* * *1 ZOOLOGÍA rat1 (tacaño) miser, skinflint\ser más pobre que las ratas familiar to be as poor as a church mouse* * *noun f.* * *1.SF ratrata negra — black rat, house rat
2. SMF *1) (=tacaño) miser, mean devil, stingy devil *2) (=ladrón) sneak thief* * *I II III1) (Zool) rathacerse la rata — (RPI fam) to play hooky (esp AmE colloq), to skive off (school) (BrE colloq)
ser más pobre que una rata — to be as poor as a church mouse
2) (Col) (Econ, Mat) ( tasa) rate; ( razón) ratio; ( porcentaje) percentage* * *= rat.Ex. There are two books published under the titles 'Denmark's Day of Doom' and ' Rats in the Larder'.----* rata almizclada = muskrat.* rata almizclera = muskrat.* rata del desierto = desert rat.* * *I II III1) (Zool) rathacerse la rata — (RPI fam) to play hooky (esp AmE colloq), to skive off (school) (BrE colloq)
ser más pobre que una rata — to be as poor as a church mouse
2) (Col) (Econ, Mat) ( tasa) rate; ( razón) ratio; ( porcentaje) percentage* * *= rat.Ex: There are two books published under the titles 'Denmark's Day of Doom' and ' Rats in the Larder'.
* rata almizclada = muskrat.* rata almizclera = muskrat.* rata del desierto = desert rat.* * *rata1rata2rata3A ( Zool) ratno se salvó ni una rata no-one escapedser más pobre que las ratas or que una rata to be as poor as a church mouseCompuestos:white ratsewer ratlaboratory rat* * *
rata sustantivo femenino
1 (Zool) rat;◊ hacerse la rata (RPI fam) to play hooky (esp AmE colloq), to skive off (school) (BrE colloq)
2 (Col) (Econ, Mat) ( tasa) rate;
( razón) ratio;
( porcentaje) percentage
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (fam) ( tacaño) miser, stingy devil (colloq), tightwad (AmE colloq)
rata
I sustantivo femenino
1 Zool rat
2 pey (persona despreciable) swine, rat
II mf fam (persona tacaña) miser
III adjetivo familiar (tacaño, avaro) mean, stingy
' rata' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
tamaña
- tamaño
English:
poor
- pro rata
- rat
- hooky
- truant
* * *rata1 nfrat;RP Fam rata de agua water vole o rat;rata de alcantarilla [animal] brown rat;Fam [persona despreciable] swine;rata campestre black rat;rata canguro kangaroo rat;Fam rata de sacristía [persona] fanatical churchgoer♦ adjstingy, mean♦ nmfcheapskate;ser un rata to be a cheapskate* * *I f ZO rat;una rata poor as a church mouseII m/f famrat fam* * *rata nf1) : rat2) Col, Pan, Peru : rate, percentage* * *rata n1. (animal) rat2. (persona) miser -
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84 marrajo
adj.vicious.* * *► adjetivo1 (persona) sly1 (pez marino) mako————————1 (pez marino) mako* * *1.ADJ [toro] vicious, dangerous; [persona] sly2. SM1) (=tiburón) shark2) Méx (=tacaño) skinflint3) (=candado) padlock* * *- ja adjetivoa) < toro> dangerous, viciousb) < persona> sly* * *- ja adjetivoa) < toro> dangerous, viciousb) < persona> sly* * *1 ‹toro› dangerous, vicious2 ‹persona› slymako, mackerel shark* * *marrajo nm[tiburón] porbeagle -
85 pichicato
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86 cicatear
v.1 to be sordidly parsimonious. (Colloquial)2 to be a miser, to be a skinflint, to be mean.* * *VI to be stingy, be mean* * *cicatear [A1 ]vt* * *v/i be stingy -
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88 piche
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89 roñica *
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90 ser más agarrado que un chotis
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91 gjerrigknark
subst. miser, skinflint, stingy person subst. (dagligtale) stinge, cheapskate subst. (gammeldags) miser, Scrooge -
92 gnier
* * *subst. miser, skinflint, tightwad, niggard subst. (litterært) scrooge subst. (dagligtale) US: cheapskate -
93 выжига
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94 жила
1. ж.1. ( сухожилие) tendon, sinew2. ( кровеносный сосуд) vein3. горн. vein, lode4. тех. strand2. м. и ж. разг. (о человеке)♢
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97 скаред
м. разг.stingy person, niggard, skinflint -
98 сквалыга
м. и ж.miser, skinflint -
99 сквалыжник
м. разг.miser, skinflint -
100 скряга
м. и ж. разг.niggard, miser; skinflint
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