Stinginess means Tacañería, Avaricia and Mezquindad in Spanish | Discover Synonyms, Part of Speech & Examples

Stinginess

Meaning of Stinginess in Spanish :

stinginess

tacañería

NOUN

Synonyms: miserliness

Much has been made of her stinginess, the thing about ... Mucho se ha hecho de su tacañería, el asunto sobre ...
... each family: as, for instance, the fabulous stinginess ... cada familia: como, por ejemplo, la tacañería fabuloso

avaricia

NOUN

Synonyms: greed, avarice, covetousness, cupidity

... just a low way to justify your stinginess. ... una forma baja de justificar su avaricia.
to justify your stinginess. de justificar su avaricia.
... of her temper and stinginess, and her family ... ... de su temperamento y la avaricia, y su familia ...

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mezquindad

NOUN

Synonyms: meanness, pettiness

stinginess in a child. mezquindad en un niño.

in English

1. Greed

greed

avaricia

NOUN

Synonyms: avarice, covetousness, stinginess, cupidity

Their greed, will be their downfall. Su avaricia será su perdición.
His own greed and stupidity. Murió por su propia avaricia y estupidez.
And she feeds off their greed. Y se alimenta de su avaricia.
Anything more than that is greed, son. Pretender más que eso es avaricia.
There could be no logic for greed. No puede haber una lógica para que haya avaricia.

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II)

codicia

NOUN

Synonyms: covetousness, coveting, lust, cupidity, lusting, avarice

Its comercial importance brought the greed of pirates. Su importancia comercial despertó la codicia de los piratas.
There was greed more and more. Hubo más y más codicia.
A casualty of his own greed. Víctima de su propia codicia.
We can rely on their greed. Yo confío en su codicia.
Their greed, will be their downfall. Su codicia será su perdición.

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III)

avidez

NOUN

Synonyms: avidity, eagerness, avidly

... the result of commercial greed and a blinkered outlook ... ... la consecuencia de la avidez mercantil y de una ciega perspectiva ...
They are in greed of dunya "My ... Tienen avidez de dunya, "Mi ...

IV)

voracidad

NOUN

Synonyms: voracity

ambición

NOUN

Synonyms: ambition, ambitious

The human greed has one end. La ambición del hombre no tiene fin.
Where greed wears the mask of morality. Es ambición con mascara de moralidad.
Why so much greed? Para qué tanta ambición.
... by human need as by human greed. ... por las necesidades humanas, cuanto por la ambición humana.
I don't have any greed anymore. Ya no tengo ninguna ambición.

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2. Avarice

avarice

avaricia

NOUN

Synonyms: greed, covetousness, stinginess, cupidity

... as a force encouraging avarice and unfairness. ... como una fuerza que promueve la avaricia y la injusticia.
tender feeling be likewise sacrificed to your avarice? sensación de la licitación también sacrificó a su avaricia?
Congratulations, your avarice has managed to destroy an entire ... Felicitaciones, su avaricia logró destruir todo un ...
By avarice and selfishness, and ... Por la avaricia y el egoísmo, y ...
It was a part of his avarice to take, within ... Era una parte de su avaricia a tomar, dentro ...

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II)

codicia

NOUN

Synonyms: greed, covetousness, coveting, lust, cupidity, lusting

The avarice never ends! La codicia nunca termina.

3. Covetousness

covetousness

codicia

NOUN

Synonyms: greed, coveting, lust, cupidity, lusting, avarice

not horror, it was covetousness. no de terror, se codicia.
covetousness the calm perseverance of men whose cause ... la codicia de la perseverancia tranquila de hombres cuya causa ...
what if I've had bitterness and covetousness, ¿qué si he tenido rencor y codicia?;
... as if in his covetousness he could hardly make ... ... como si estuviera en su codicia que apenas podía hacer ...
... hearts, and their covetousness, and all their detestable things ... ... corazones, ni su codicia ni todas sus cosas abominables ...

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II)

avaricia

NOUN

Synonyms: greed, avarice, stinginess, cupidity

4. Cupidity

cupidity

codicia

NOUN

Synonyms: greed, covetousness, coveting, lust, lusting, avarice

whose cupidity exposes it only in the penniless. cuya codicia se expone sólo en la miseria.
alluring to excite the cupidity of any of his ... atractivo para excitar la codicia de cualquiera de sus ...
... regarded by some, that no cupidity could persuade them ... considerado por algunos, que no podía convencer a la codicia

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