- avaricia
- f.greed, avarice.la avaricia rompe el saco greed doesn't payser feo/pesado con avaricia (informal) to be ugly/boring in the extreme* * *avaricia► nombre femenino1 (tacañería) avarice, meanness, miserliness; (codicia) greed, avarice\FRASEOLOGÍAcon avaricia familiar extremely■ es feo con avaricia he's as ugly as sin* * *noun f.greed, avarice* * *SF avarice, greed, greediness* * *femenino avarice
la avaricia rompe el saco — if you're too greedy you end up with nothing
* * *= greed, rapacity, penny-pinching, greediness.Ex. Appeals to pride, status, greed, and many other aspects of man's nature are sometimes successful.Ex. Britain's elites not only retain their power, they also exercise it with a shameless rapacity.Ex. The key to penny-pinching is to have, as much as possible, but only what you want, not what you don't.Ex. That element of greediness, which has been a canker in our political hierarchy, should be avoided.----* con avaricia = rapaciously.* * *femenino avaricela avaricia rompe el saco — if you're too greedy you end up with nothing
* * *= greed, rapacity, penny-pinching, greediness.Ex: Appeals to pride, status, greed, and many other aspects of man's nature are sometimes successful.
Ex: Britain's elites not only retain their power, they also exercise it with a shameless rapacity.Ex: The key to penny-pinching is to have, as much as possible, but only what you want, not what you don't.Ex: That element of greediness, which has been a canker in our political hierarchy, should be avoided.* con avaricia = rapaciously.* * *avariciafeminineavaricela avaricia rompe el saco if you're too greedy you end up with nothing* * *
avaricia sustantivo femenino
avarice;◊ la avaricia rompe el saco if you're too greedy you end up with nothing
avaricia sustantivo femenino avarice, greed
'avaricia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
personificación
- codicia
English:
avarice
- greed
- greediness
- limitless
* * *avaricia nf[codicia] greed; [tacañería] avarice;Compla avaricia rompe el saco greed doesn't pay;CompFamcon avaricia: es feo/pesado con avaricia he isn't half ugly/boring* * *avariciaf greed, avarice* * *avaricia nfcodicia: greed, avarice* * *avaricia n greed
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.