rata

adj.

stingy, mean (informal).

f.

1 rat.

rata de agua water rat

rata de sacristía (informal) fanatical churchgoer

2 pickpocket, sneak thief, filcher.

3 despicable person, rat.

4 rate.

5 Atlantic stargazer, Uranoscopus scaber.

f. & m.

stingy person (informal).

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rata

► nombre femenino

1 ZOOLOGÍA rat

► nombre masculino

1 familiar (ratero) pickpocket, thief

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 (tacaño) miser, skinflint

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FRASEOLOGÍA

ser más pobre que las ratas familiar to be as poor as a church mouse

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noun f.

rat

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1.

SF rat

- ser una rata de biblioteca

rata común — house rat

rata gris — brown rat

rata negra — black rat, house rat

2. SMF *

1) (=tacaño) miser, mean devil, stingy devil *

2) (=ladrón) sneak thief

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I

adjetivo (fam) (tacaño) stingy (colloq), tightfisted (colloq)

II

masculino y femenino (fam) (tacaño) miser, stingy devil (colloq), tightwad (AmE colloq)

III

femenino

1) (Zool) rat

hacerse la rata — (RPI fam) to play hooky (esp AmE colloq), to skive off (school) (BrE colloq)

no se salvó ni una rata — no one escaped

ser más pobre que una rata — to be as poor as a church mouse

2) (Col) (Econ, Mat) (tasa) rate; (razón) ratio; (porcentaje) percentage

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= rat.

Ex. There are two books published under the titles 'Denmark's Day of Doom' and 'Rats in the Larder'.

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* rata almizclada = muskrat.

* rata almizclera = muskrat.

* rata del desierto = desert rat.

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I

adjetivo (fam) (tacaño) stingy (colloq), tightfisted (colloq)

II

masculino y femenino (fam) (tacaño) miser, stingy devil (colloq), tightwad (AmE colloq)

III

femenino

1) (Zool) rat

hacerse la rata — (RPI fam) to play hooky (esp AmE colloq), to skive off (school) (BrE colloq)

no se salvó ni una rata — no one escaped

ser más pobre que una rata — to be as poor as a church mouse

2) (Col) (Econ, Mat) (tasa) rate; (razón) ratio; (porcentaje) percentage

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= 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.

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rata¹

adjective

1 (fam) (tacaño) stingy (colloq), tightfisted (colloq), mean

2 (Col fam) (malo) nasty, mean (colloq)

rata²

masculine and feminine

1 (fam) (tacaño) miser, stingy devil (colloq), tightwad (AmE colloq)

2 (Col fam) (mala persona) rat (colloq), jerk (colloq)

rata³

feminine

A (Zool) rat

hacerse la rata (RPI fam); to play hooky (esp AmE colloq), to skive off (school) (BrE colloq)

no se salvó ni una rata no-one escaped

ser más pobre que las ratas or que una rata to be as poor as a church mouse

Compuestos:

● rata blanca

white rat

● rata de alcantarilla

sewer rat

● rata de laboratorio

laboratory rat

B (Col) (Econ, Mat) (tasa) rate; (razón) ratio; (porcentaje) percentage

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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

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rata¹ nf

rat;

Comp

RP Fam

hacerse la rata Br to bunk off, US to play hookey

Comp

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

rata² Fam

♦ adj

stingy, mean

♦ nmf

cheapskate;

ser un rata to be a cheapskate

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rata

I f ZO rat;

más pobre que las ratas o

una rata poor as a church mouse

II m/f fam

rat fam

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rata nm, fam : pickpocket, thief

rata nf

1) : rat

2) Col, Pan, Peru : rate, percentage

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rata n

1. (animal) rat

2. (persona) miser