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1 rońería
• stinginess -
2 rońosería
• stinginess -
3 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 -
4 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 -
5 cicatería
f.1 stinginess, niggardliness, meanness.2 mean act, stingy act, act of meanness.* * *1 stinginess, meanness* * *SF stinginess, meanness* * *femenino (fam) stinginess (colloq), meanness* * *Ex. The key to penny-pinching is to have, as much as possible, but only what you want, not what you don't.* * *femenino (fam) stinginess (colloq), meanness* * *Ex: The key to penny-pinching is to have, as much as possible, but only what you want, not what you don't.
* * *( fam)stinginess ( colloq), meanness* * *cicatería nfstinginess, miserliness, Br meanness* * *f stinginess -
6 roña
f.mange, scab.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: roñar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: roñar.* * *1 (suciedad) filth, dirt2 (sarna) mange3 familiar (tacañería) meanness, stinginess* * *1. SF1) (=mugre) dirt, grime; [en metal] rust2) (=tacañería) meanness, stinginess3) (Vet) mange4) (=corteza) pine bark5) (=estratagema) stratagem7) And (Med) feigned illness8)jugar a la roña — to play for fun, play without money stakes
2.SMF * mean person, scrooge ** * *Iadjetivo (fam) tight-fisted (colloq), stingy (colloq)II1)a) ( mugre) dirt, grimeb) ( en metal) rust2) ( del ganado) mange3) (Col fam) ( pereza)4) (Méx) ( juego) tag* * *= grime, mange.Ex. Grease is one of the major culprits behind the grime that accumulates on cooktops.Ex. Mange is most commonly found in dogs and other canines, but it can occur in other domestic and wild animals, such as turtles, causing them to lose their shells.* * *Iadjetivo (fam) tight-fisted (colloq), stingy (colloq)II1)a) ( mugre) dirt, grimeb) ( en metal) rust2) ( del ganado) mange3) (Col fam) ( pereza)4) (Méx) ( juego) tag* * *= grime, mange.Ex: Grease is one of the major culprits behind the grime that accumulates on cooktops.
Ex: Mange is most commonly found in dogs and other canines, but it can occur in other domestic and wild animals, such as turtles, causing them to lose their shells.* * *roña1roña2A1 (mugre) dirt, grimeestos niños siempre van llenos de roña these children are always grubby2 (en el metal) rustB (del ganado) mangeChacer roña: estos funcionarios que hacen roña these civil servants who sit around doing nothinglos domingos hacíamos roña en la cama hasta tarde on Sundays we used to lie in o sleep in till latejugar a la roña to play tagEroña masculine and feminine ( fam) (tacaño) scrooge ( colloq), skinflint ( colloq), tightwad ( AmE colloq)* * *
roña sustantivo femenino
1
◊ lleno de roña covered in dirt o grime
c) (Vet) mange
2 (Méx) ( juego) tag;
roña sustantivo femenino
1 (óxido, orín) rust
2 (suciedad) filth, dirt
' roña' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
llorón
- solterón
English:
goose
* * *♦ adjFam [tacaño] stingy, tight♦ nmfFam [tacaño] skinflint♦ nf1. [suciedad] filth, dirt3. [enfermedad de animal] mange4. [herrumbre] rust* * *f grime* * *roña nf1) : mange2) : dirt, filth* * *roña n filth / dirt -
7 roñería
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8 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 -
9 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 -
10 racanería
1 familiar (tacañería) meanness, stinginess2 familiar (holgazanería) idleness, laziness* * *= soldiering.Ex. As a manager, he was interested in knowing how to get more work out of workers, who are 'naturally lazy and engage in systematic soldiering'.* * *= soldiering.Ex: As a manager, he was interested in knowing how to get more work out of workers, who are 'naturally lazy and engage in systematic soldiering'.
* * *f stinginess -
11 miseria
f.1 poverty (pobreza).2 misfortune (desgracia).3 meanness.4 baseness, wretchedness (vileza).5 pittance (poco dinero).le pagan una miseria they pay him next to nothing6 extreme poverty, poverty, grinding poverty, abjectedness.7 meager quantity, very small amount, peanuts, pittance.8 hardship.* * *1 (pobreza) extreme poverty2 (desgracia) misery, wretchedness3 (tacañería) meanness* * *noun f.1) misery2) poverty* * *SF1) (=pobreza) poverty, destitution2) (=insignificancia)3) (=tacañería) meanness, stinginess4) † (=parásitos) fleas pl, lice pl* * *1) ( pobreza) poverty, destitution2) ( cantidad insignificante) miserable amount, paltry amount3) ( desgracia) misfortuneestar a la miseria — (RPl fam) to be in a bad way (colloq)
llorar miseria(s) — (CS fam) to complain about not having any money
* * *= destitution, penury, pittance, squalor, sordidness, poverty, chump change.Ex. In sociology, fire appears twice in the energy facet; Y:4351 denotes fire as a cause of destitution, while Y:831 denotes fire as an item of social equipment, used for cooking etc.Ex. The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.Ex. The article 'Devastating an industry for a pittance of revenue' states the irrefutable case against taxing books and learned journals.Ex. The article 'Private affluence and public squalor?' discusses the implications for libraries and information if public services are forced to open up their markets to free trade and thereby to private companies.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.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 trick is they don't plan on paying their artists more than chump change in royalties.----* en la miseria = down-and-out, in chapter 11, penniless.* hundirse en la miseria = sink into + depression, sink into + poverty.* miseria absoluta = grinding misery.* miseria más absoluta = abject poverty.* pasar miseria = the wolves + be + at the door.* salir de la miseria = haul + Reflexivo + out of + Posesivo + bog.* vivir en la miseria = live in + squalor, walk + the streets of misery, live in + penury.* * *1) ( pobreza) poverty, destitution2) ( cantidad insignificante) miserable amount, paltry amount3) ( desgracia) misfortuneestar a la miseria — (RPl fam) to be in a bad way (colloq)
llorar miseria(s) — (CS fam) to complain about not having any money
* * *= destitution, penury, pittance, squalor, sordidness, poverty, chump change.Ex: In sociology, fire appears twice in the energy facet; Y:4351 denotes fire as a cause of destitution, while Y:831 denotes fire as an item of social equipment, used for cooking etc.
Ex: The practice found in some libraries of using the index to the scheme as an index to the catalogue is a makeshift expedient, by penury out of ignorance, and must be condemned.Ex: The article 'Devastating an industry for a pittance of revenue' states the irrefutable case against taxing books and learned journals.Ex: The article 'Private affluence and public squalor?' discusses the implications for libraries and information if public services are forced to open up their markets to free trade and thereby to private companies.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.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 trick is they don't plan on paying their artists more than chump change in royalties.* en la miseria = down-and-out, in chapter 11, penniless.* hundirse en la miseria = sink into + depression, sink into + poverty.* miseria absoluta = grinding misery.* miseria más absoluta = abject poverty.* pasar miseria = the wolves + be + at the door.* salir de la miseria = haul + Reflexivo + out of + Posesivo + bog.* vivir en la miseria = live in + squalor, walk + the streets of misery, live in + penury.* * *A (pobreza) poverty, destitutionvivir sumido en la más absoluta miseria to live in abject povertyB(cantidad insignificante): gana una miseria she earns a pittancemira la miseria que me diste look at the miserable o paltry o measly amount you gave me ( colloq)C (desgracia) misfortunelas miserias de la guerra the miseries of warestar/quedar a la miseria ( RPl fam): el auto quedó a la miseria the car was a write-off o was wrecked o ( AmE) was totaled ( colloq)está a la miseria he's in a very bad way o in a terrible state ( colloq)* * *
miseria sustantivo femenino
1 ( pobreza) poverty, destitution
2 ( cantidad insignificante) miserable amount, paltry amount;
3 ( desgracia) misfortune;
miseria sustantivo femenino
1 (pobreza) extreme poverty: sobrecogía la miseria de sus aposentos, I was moved by the extreme poverty of her living conditions
2 (cantidad despreciable) pittance, miserable amount: vendí la casa por una miseria, I sold the house for a pittance
3 (más en pl) (desgracias, penalidades) miseries: ¡cuánta miseria se reflejaba en sus rostros!, what misery was reflected in their faces!
' miseria' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sordidez
- villa
English:
bread line
- chicken
- misery
- peanut
- penury
- pittance
- plunge
- poverty
- squalor
- starvation
- untold
- wake
- want
- wretchedness
- abject
- down
- shantytown
* * *miseria nf1. [pobreza] poverty;viven en la miseria they live in poverty3. [tacañería] meanness4. [vileza] baseness, wretchedness5. [poco dinero] pittance;le pagan una miseria he gets paid a pittance, they pay him next to nothing;CSur Famllorar miseria to plead poverty6. CompRP Fama la miseria: es alérgica y está a la miseria she's allergic and she's in a really bad way;después de tantos días sin agua, esa planta quedó a la miseria after so many days without water the plant was in a real state o half dead* * *f1 poverty2 fig ( sufrimiento) misery* * *miseria nf1) pobreza: poverty2) : misery, suffering3) : pittance, meager amount* * * -
12 personificación
f.1 personification, part, role, impersonation.2 personification, living image.* * *1 personification* * *SF1) (=representación) personification, embodimentes la personificación de los celos — he is the embodiment of jealousy, he is jealousy personified
2) (Literat) personification* * *a) ( encarnación) embodiment, personificationb) (Lit) personification* * *= incarnation, embodiment, epitome, personification, embodier.Ex. The term indexing language can seem rather daunting, and has certainly had different meanings in its different incarnations.Ex. At first, large public libraries organised readers' advisory services as the embodiment of library adult education.Ex. This extraordinary assault on a fine old children's book has ever since stood for me as the epitome of the scholastic abuse of literature.Ex. The sketchbook features drawings illustrating the liberal arts (including personifications of the planets), the chivalrous life (including hunting and love), household remedies, mining and smelting, and war technology.Ex. In the end, whether public libraries are allowed to continue in their present depressed state or whether they will become a many-sided embodier and nourisher of a literate society's literacy, depends not on the standards discussed by the professionals, but on those willed by the public.----* la personificación de la confianza en uno mismo = confidence personified.* personificación de la calma, la = picture of calm, the.* * *a) ( encarnación) embodiment, personificationb) (Lit) personification* * *= incarnation, embodiment, epitome, personification, embodier.Ex: The term indexing language can seem rather daunting, and has certainly had different meanings in its different incarnations.
Ex: At first, large public libraries organised readers' advisory services as the embodiment of library adult education.Ex: This extraordinary assault on a fine old children's book has ever since stood for me as the epitome of the scholastic abuse of literature.Ex: The sketchbook features drawings illustrating the liberal arts (including personifications of the planets), the chivalrous life (including hunting and love), household remedies, mining and smelting, and war technology.Ex: In the end, whether public libraries are allowed to continue in their present depressed state or whether they will become a many-sided embodier and nourisher of a literate society's literacy, depends not on the standards discussed by the professionals, but on those willed by the public.* la personificación de la confianza en uno mismo = confidence personified.* personificación de la calma, la = picture of calm, the.* * *1 (encarnación) embodiment, personificationes la personificación de la impaciencia he is impatience personified, impatience is his middle name ( colloq)2 ( Lit) personification* * *
personificación sustantivo femenino Paco es la personificación de la avaricia, Paco is the embodiment of stinginess
' personificación' also found in these entries:
English:
embodiment
- embody
- epitome
- personification
- epitomize
- essence
* * *1. [representación] personification;este niño es la personificación del mal this child is an absolute devil2. [prosopopeya] personification* * *f personification, embodiment -
13 ratería
f.petty larceny, shoplifting, larceny, pocket picking.* * *1 petty theft, pilfering* * *SF1) (=robo) petty thieving2) (=cualidad) crookedness, dishonesty* * *= banditry, pilferage.Ex. The article is entitled 'Book pilferage is not banditry: information interchange across cultural boundaries'.Ex. The article is entitled 'Book pilferage is not banditry: information interchange across cultural boundaries'.* * *= banditry, pilferage.Ex: The article is entitled 'Book pilferage is not banditry: information interchange across cultural boundaries'.
Ex: The article is entitled 'Book pilferage is not banditry: information interchange across cultural boundaries'.* * *ratería nfFam1. [robo] pilfering, stealing;2. [tacañería] stinginess, meanness;el regalo que me han hecho es una ratería the present they gave me is really cheap and nasty -
14 angurria
f.1 hunger. ( Latin American Spanish)2 greed (codicia, avidez).3 strangury, painful urination.4 petty avarice.* * *SF esp LAm1) (=hambre) desperate hunger2) (=angustia) extreme anxiety3) (=tacañería) stinginess ** * *femenino (CS) greed* * *femenino (CS) greed* * *(CS)greedcomía con angurria he ate greedily* * *angurria nfAm1. [hambre] hunger2. [codicia, avidez] greed -
15 cutrería *
SF1) [de persona] (=tacañería) meanness, stinginess; (=vulgaridad) vulgarity, coarseness2) [de lugar] (=miseria) squalidness, shabbiness3) [de objeto] -
16 pichuleo *
SM1) Cono Sur (=mezquindad) meanness, stinginess * -
17 pijotería *
SF1) (=esnobismo) snobbery, snobbishness2) (=molestia) nuisance, annoying thing; (=petición) trifling request, silly demand4) LAm (=tacañería) stinginess * -
18 racaneo * SM
1) [con el dinero] stinginess2) [en el trabajo] slackness, idleness -
19 racanismo * SM
1) [con el dinero] stinginess2) [en el trabajo] slackness, idleness -
20 racaneo
* * *Fam stinginess
- 1
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См. также в других словарях:
Stinginess — Stin gi*ness, n. The quality or state of being stingy. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stinginess — index austerity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
stinginess — stingy ► ADJECTIVE (stingier, stingiest) informal ▪ mean; ungenerous. DERIVATIVES stingily adverb stinginess noun. ORIGIN perhaps a dialect variant of STING(Cf. ↑stinger) … English terms dictionary
stinginess — noun see stingy … New Collegiate Dictionary
Stinginess — … Wikipedia
stinginess — See stingily. * * * … Universalium
stinginess — noun A lack of generosity. See Also: stingy, parsimony … Wiktionary
stinginess — sting·i·ness || stɪndʒɪnɪs n. quality of being stingy, lack of generosity, parsimoniousness, miserliness … English contemporary dictionary
stinginess — stin·gi·ness … English syllables
stinginess — noun a lack of generosity; a general unwillingness to part with money • Ant: ↑generosity • Derivationally related forms: ↑stingy • Hypernyms: ↑trait • Hyponyms: ↑meanness … Useful english dictionary
a moth in your wallet — stinginess The Tineola bisselliella doesn t normally go for leather, although it favours an undisturbed site for its eggs: Symington would pick up the tab... there were no moths in his wallet. (Sanders, 1983) … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms