"niggardly" in Spanish

QUICK TRANSLATIONS

niggardly {adjective}

mezquino- mísero

niggard {noun}

cicatero- cicatera

Translations & Examples Synonyms Context Examples

TRANSLATIONS & EXAMPLES

niggardly {adjective}

niggardly(also: petty, parsimonious, paltry, low)

mezquino {adj.}

And niggardly when good befalls him

y cuando le toca un bien, se vuelve mezquino [con los demás].

Our Union needs more solidarity and therefore more of its own resources in order to overthrow the niggardly accounting system based on net balances and rebates.

Nuestra Unión necesita más solidaridad y por tanto más recursos propios, para acabar con la contabilidad mezquina de los saldos netos y los cheques.

niggardly(also: beggarly, miserable, paltry, measly)

mísero {adj.}

niggard {noun}

niggard(also: miser, tightwad, skinflint)

cicatero {m}

niggard(also: skinflint)

cicatera {f}

SYNONYMS

Synonyms (English) for "niggardly":

niggardly

grudging- scrimy

CONTEXT EXAMPLES

Context examples for "niggardly" in Spanish(!) These sentences come from external sources & may not be accurate. Therefore, we are not responsible for their content.

We have been very niggardly in relation to the free movement of labour.

Hemos sido muy tacaños en relación con la libre circulación de la mano de obra.

But as for him who is niggardly and thinks himself independent (or self-sufficient),

Pero a quien es avaro y se cree autosuficiente,

If He should ask you for it and urge you, you will be niggardly, and He will bring forth your ill feelings.

[pues] si os los exigiera todos, y os apremiara, os aferraríais [a ellos] con avaricia, y entonces [sólo] sacaría a la luz vuestras flaquezas morales.

Those who are niggardly (or hoard) and enjoin niggardliness (or avarice) on men; and whoever turns back, then surely Allah is He Who is the Absolute (Self-sufficient), the Owner of Praise.

esos que son avaros [con el favor de Dios] e incitan a los demás a la avaricia!

So give good weight and full measure, and be not niggardly of your good works (or of the gifts you have received) to mankind, and do not evil in the earth after it has been rightly ordered.

Os ha llegado ahora una prueba clara de vuestro Sustentador.

Mr President, Commissioner, Prime Minister, the Swedish presidency also deserves praise from those of your opponents in Sweden who are usually niggardly with their compliments.

Señor Presidente, señora Comisaria, señor Primer Ministro, la Presidencia sueca merece un elogio, incluso de sus adustos opositores en Suecia.

Our Union needs more solidarity and therefore more of its own resources in order to overthrow the niggardly accounting system based on net balances and rebates.

Una de ellas, que se menciona a menudo, son los complementos nacionales, que, dicho sea de paso, ya han sido probados con nosotros, los nuevos Estados miembros.

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