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21 pesetero
adj.penny-pinching, cheapskate, stingy.* * *► adjetivo1 money-grubbing► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 money-grubber* * *ADJ1) (=avaro) money-grabbing *, mercenary2) Méx [comerciante] small-time* * *- ra adjetivo (Esp fam) money-grubbing (colloq)* * *= stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, 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. 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.* * *- ra adjetivo (Esp fam) money-grubbing (colloq)* * *= stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, miser, 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: 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.* * *masculine, feminine* * *
pesetero,-a adjetivo stingy: no te hará nada gratis, es muy pesetero, he won't do anything for nothing, he's so mercenary
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Spanish:
pesetera
* * *♦ adjmoney-grubbing♦ nm,fmoneygrubber* * *adj fammoney-grubbing fam -
22 abusón
adj.abusing.m.abusive.* * *► adjetivo► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (gorrón) sponger, scrounger2 (injusto) unfair person* * *abusón, -ona *1.ADJ (=egoísta) selfish; (=engreído) big-headed *; (=insolente) abusive2.SM / F selfish person, bighead ** * ** * ** * *adj/m,f* * *
abusón
abusón,-ona adjetivo bullying
II sustantivo masculino y femenino bully: es un abusón, siempre pega a los pequeños, he's a bully, he's always hitting the younger kids
' abusón' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abusona
- conchudo
* * *♦ adj1. [caradura] selfish;no seas abusón, que los demás no han comido don't be selfish o greedy, the others haven't eaten yet2. [matón] bullying♦ nm,f1. [caradura] selfish person2. [matón] bully* * *m, abusona f fambully -
23 chapoteo
m.1 splashing.2 clapotement, clapotage.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: chapotear.* * *1 (agitación en el agua) splashing, paddling2 (humidificación) moistening, sponging* * *noun m.* * *SM splashing* * ** * ** * *(en el agua) splashing; (en el barro) squelching* * *chapoteo nmsplashing -
24 chupón
m.1 baby bottle.2 lovebite, hickey, love-bite.3 shoot, secondary shoot, sucker.* * *► adjetivo1 (que chupa) sucking► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 BOTÁNICA sucker2 (pirulí) lollipop3 TÉCNICA sucker, piston————————1 BOTÁNICA sucker2 (pirulí) lollipop3 TÉCNICA sucker, piston* * *chupón, -ona1.SM / F * (=parásito) sponger *2. SM1) (Bot) sucker2) (=piruleta) lollipop4) Méx teat6) And boil* * *I- pona masculino, femenino (Esp fam) ( aprovechado) scrounger (colloq)II1) (Bot) sucker2)a) (AmL) chupete 1) a)b) (Méx) ( del biberón) teat3)a) (CS fam) ( en la piel) hickey (AmE colloq), lovebite (BrE)b) (Col) ( chupada) lick* * *I- pona masculino, femenino (Esp fam) ( aprovechado) scrounger (colloq)II1) (Bot) sucker2)a) (AmL) chupete 1) a)b) (Méx) ( del biberón) teat3)a) (CS fam) ( en la piel) hickey (AmE colloq), lovebite (BrE)b) (Col) ( chupada) lick* * *masculine, feminineA ( Bot) suckerBC* * *
chupón sustantivo masculinoa) (AmL) See Also→ chupete 1a
' chupón' also found in these entries:
English:
sucker
- nipple
- pacifier
* * *chupón, -ona♦ adjFam♦ nm,fFam1. [gorrón] sponger, scrounger2. [en deportes] hog♦ nm1. Bot sucker2. Méx, Ven [chupete] Br dummy, US pacifier3. Andes, CAm, Méx [del biberón] teat* * *I m1 BOT sucker2 L.Am.de bebé pacifier, BrdummyII m, chupona f sponger fam* * *1) : sucker (of a plant)2) : baby bottle, pacifier -
25 garronear
v.to scrounge, to sponge (informal). ( River Plate)* * *verbo intransitivo (RPl fam) to scrounge (colloq)* * *verbo intransitivo (RPl fam) to scrounge (colloq)* * *garronear [A1 ]vi* * *♦ vt1. [pedir] to scrounge, to cadge;siempre está garroneando cigarros she's always scrounging o cadging cigarettes2. [ser tacaño con] to be stingy with, to skimp on;vamos a cenar a un restaurante, que en su casa siempre te garronea (la comida) let's go to a restaurant for dinner, he's always really stingy with the food at his place♦ vito scrounge, to sponge;mi vecino vive garroneando my neighbour's always scrounging, my neighbour's always sponging off people* * *v/t & v/i Rpl famscrounge fam -
26 gorrear
v.to sponge, to scrounge (informal).* * *1 to scrounge, be a parasite* * *1. VT1) * (=gorronear) to scrounge *, cadge *siempre me está gorreando cigarrillos — he's always scrounging o cadging cigarettes off me *
2) Cono Sur ** to cuckold2.VI * to scrounge *, sponge *a ver cuándo dejas de gorrear y te pagas tú las cosas — when are you going to stop scrounging o sponging and pay your own way? *
* * *1.verbo transitivo1) (fam) ( pedir) to scrounge (colloq)me gorreó $20 — he scrounged $20 off me
2) (Chi fam) < conyuge> to cheat on (colloq)2.gorrear vi (fam) to scrounge (colloq)* * *1.verbo transitivo1) (fam) ( pedir) to scrounge (colloq)me gorreó $20 — he scrounged $20 off me
2) (Chi fam) < conyuge> to cheat on (colloq)2.gorrear vi (fam) to scrounge (colloq)* * *gorrear [A1 ]vtvoy a gorrearte café can I scrounge some coffee off you?■ gorrearvi* * *
gorrear ( conjugate gorrear) verbo transitivo
1 (fam) ( pedir) to scrounge (colloq);◊ me gorreó $20 he scrounged $20 off me
2 (Chi fam) ‹ cónyuge› to cheat on (colloq)
' gorrear' also found in these entries:
English:
scrounge
* * *♦ vtto sponge, to scrounge♦ vito sponge, to scrounge* * * -
27 manguear
LAm1.VT [+ ganado] to drive; [+ caza] to beat, put up2. VI *2) Cono Sur (=sablear) to scrounge ** * *verbo transitivo/ intransitivo (RPl arg) to scrounge (colloq)* * *verbo transitivo/ intransitivo (RPl arg) to scrounge (colloq)* * *manguear [A1 ]vtB ( Chi) ‹ganado› to round up; ‹perdices› to put up, beat for■ manguearvi* * *♦ vt1. CSur, Méx [ganado] to drive into a gangwaysiempre me manguea cigarros he's always cadging cigarettes off me♦ viRP Fam to sponge, to scrounge;siempre está mangueando he's always sponging o scrounging -
28 pechugón
adj.big-breasted, busty, buxom.* * *► adjetivo1 familiar big-breasted, busty, buxom* * *pechugón, -ona *1. ADJ1) (=de mucho pecho) busty *, big-bosomed3) Cono Sur (=resuelto) single-minded4) * (=atractivo) dishy *2. SM / F LAm1) (=descarado) shameless individual2) (=gorrón) sponger ** * *I- gona adjetivo1) (fam & hum) big-breasted, busty (colloq)2) (Per fam) ( aprovechador) opportunisticII- gona masculino, femenino1) (Per fam) ( aprovechador) opportunist, user (colloq & pej)2) pechugona femenino (fam & hum) big-breasted woman* * *I- gona adjetivo1) (fam & hum) big-breasted, busty (colloq)2) (Per fam) ( aprovechador) opportunisticII- gona masculino, femenino1) (Per fam) ( aprovechador) opportunist, user (colloq & pej)2) pechugona femenino (fam & hum) big-breasted woman* * *soy demasiado pechugona para usar ese bikini I'm too big to wear that bikinimasculine, feminineB* * *pechugón, -ona Fam♦ adj1. [con pechos grandes] busty, buxom2. Andes, CAm, Ven [desvergonzado] brazen, opportunistic♦ nm,fAndes, CAm, Ven [desvergonzado] shameless opportunist -
29 sablazo
m.1 scrounging (informal) (de dinero).dar o pegar un sablazo a alguien to scrounge money off somebody2 blow with a saber (blow).3 saber wound (herida).* * *2 familiar (de dinero) scrounging\dar un sablazo a alguien familiar to touch somebody for money, scrounge some money off somebody* * *SM1) (=herida) sword wound; (=golpe) sabre slash, saber slash (EEUU)2) * (=gorronería) sponging *, scrounging *dar o pegar un sablazo a algn — [en tienda, restaurante] to rip sb off *; [al pedir dinero] to touch sb for a loan *
- vivir de sablazos* * *masculino saber* slashdarle el or un sablazo a alguien — (fam) ( cobrar de más) to rip somebody off (colloq); ( pedir dinero) to scrounge money off somebody (colloq)
* * *masculino saber* slashdarle el or un sablazo a alguien — (fam) ( cobrar de más) to rip somebody off (colloq); ( pedir dinero) to scrounge money off somebody (colloq)
* * *saber* slashdar el or un sablazo a algn ( fam); (cobrar de más) to rip sb off ( colloq); (pedir dinero) to scrounge money off sb ( colloq), to hit on sb for money ( AmE colloq), to touch sb for money ( BrE colloq)* * *
sablazo sustantivo masculino
1 (con un sable) blow of a sabre
(en un brazo, etc) sabre wound
♦ Locuciones: fig fam dar un sablazo a alguien, to scrounge money off sb
* * *sablazo nm2. [golpe] blow with a sabre3. [herida] sabre wound* * *m:dar un sablazo a alguien fam scrounge money off s.o. fam -
30 codeo *
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32 gorroneo *
SM sponging *, scrounging * -
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34 guagüero
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35 mamalón
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36 zorzalero *
ADJ Cono Sur sponging *, parasitical -
37 vivir de sablazos
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38 esponjadura
f.1 act of sponging.2 cavity or defect in cast metal.3 sponginess.
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