avaro

adj.

avaricious, greedy, grasping, miserly.

m.

miser, moneygrubber, Scrooge, money-grubber.

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avaro

► adjetivo

1 (tacaño) avaricious, miserly, mean; (codicioso) greedy, avaricious

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 (tacaño) miser; (codicioso) greedy person

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avaro, -a

1.

ADJ miserly, mean

ser avaro de o en alabanzas — to be sparing in one's praise

ser avaro de palabras — to be a person of few words

2.

SM / F miser

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I

-ra adjetivo miserly

II

-ra masculino, femenino miser

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= miser, stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, scrooge, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, cheapskate.

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. 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. The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.

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.

Ex. Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.

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I

-ra adjetivo miserly

II

-ra masculino, femenino miser

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= miser, stingy [stingier -comp., stingies -sup.], tight-fisted, scrooge, skinflint, penny-pinching, tightwad, cheapskate.

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: 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: The money for modernizing Indian towns will have to come out of the pockets of leading merchants, men stereotyped as tight-fisted scrooges.

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.

Ex: Most of these cheapskates will not come right out and tell you that they don't want to pay anything for your software.

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avaro¹ -ra

adjective

miserly

avaro² -ra

masculine, feminine

miser

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avaro

◊ -ra adjetivo

miserly
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
miser
avaro,-a
1 adjetivo avaricious, miserly
II sustantivo masculino y femenino miser

'avaro' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
avara
- rata
- miserable
- ruin
English:
miser
- miserly

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avaro, -a

♦ adj

[codicioso] greedy; [tacaño] miserly, stingy, Br mean

♦ nm,f

[codicioso] greedy person; [tacaño] miser

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avaro

I adj miserly;

ser avaro de algo be sparing with sth;

es muy avaro de su vida personal he gives very little away about his private life

II m, avara f miser

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avaro, -ra adj

: miserly, greedy

avaro, -ra n

: miser

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avaro¹ adj mean

avaro² n miser