mezquindad

f.

1 meanness.

2 mean action.

3 low action, evil act, vile act.

4 smallmindedness, poorness of spirit, pettiness.

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mezquindad

► nombre femenino

1 meanness, stinginess

2 (acción) mean thing

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SF

1) (=tacañería) meanness, stinginess

2) (=insignificancia) paltriness, wretchedness

esa cantidad es una mezquindad — that amount's a pittance

3) (=acto vil) mean thing (to do)

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femenino

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

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= 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.

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femenino

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

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= 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.

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mezquindad

feminine

1 (cualidad — de tacaño) meanness, stinginess (colloq)

(— de ruin): una persona de una mezquindad asombrosa an incredibly nasty o (colloq) mean person

2 (acción egoísta) mean thing to do

3

(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

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mezquindad sustantivo femenino

a) (cualidad — de tacaño) meanness, stinginess (colloq);

(— de vil): smallmindedness, pettiness

b) (acción egoísta) mean thing to do

'mezquindad' also found in these entries:
English:
meanness
- parsimony
- pettiness
- stinginess

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mezquindad nf

1. [avaricia] meanness, stinginess

2. [carácter miserable] meanness, nastiness

3. [acción avara]

estoy harta de tus mezquindades I'm fed up of you being so mean o stingy

4. [acción miserable]

estoy harta de tus mezquindades I'm fed up of you being so mean o nasty

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mezquindad

f meanness

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mezquindad nf

1) : meanness, stinginess

2) : petty deed, mean action