Translation of "tacaño" to English language:
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| Eres un tacaño. | You are a mean person. |
| Tom es tacaño. | Tom is stingy. |
| Tom es tacaño. | Tom is miserly. |
| No seas tacaño. | Don't be mean. |
| No seas tacaño. | Don't be stingy. |
| Tom parece tacaño. | Tom seems mean. |
| El hombre es tacaño... | Man is indeed ever niggardly. |
| El hombre es tacaño... | And ever has man been stingy. |
| El hombre es tacaño... | The human being has always been stingy. |
| El hombre es tacaño... | Man is indeed niggardly! |
| Él es muy tacaño. | He is very stingy with his money. |
| Tom es muy tacaño. | Tom is very stingy. |
| Él es muy tacaño. | He's very stingy. |
| Vamos, no seas tacaño, compra una pintura | Roll up, don't be cheap, get your artwork |
| Hay una fina línea entre ser ahorrativo y tacaño. | There's a fine line between being frugal and being cheap. |
| Di Si poseyerais los tesoros de misericordia de mi Señor, entonces, los retendríais por miedo de gastarlos . El hombre es tacaño... | Say Even if you owned the stores of the mercy of my Lord, you would have held them back for fear of spending them, for man is niggardly. |
| Di Si poseyerais los tesoros de misericordia de mi Señor, entonces, los retendríais por miedo de gastarlos . El hombre es tacaño... | Proclaim, If you owned the treasures of the mercy of my Lord, you would hoard them too for fear that they may get spent and man is a big miser. |
| Di Si poseyerais los tesoros de misericordia de mi Señor, entonces, los retendríais por miedo de gastarlos . El hombre es tacaño... | Say 'If you possessed the treasuries of my Lord's mercy, yet would you hold back for fear of expending and man is ever niggardly.' |
| Di Si poseyerais los tesoros de misericordia de mi Señor, entonces, los retendríais por miedo de gastarlos . El hombre es tacaño... | Say thou if it were ye who owned the treasures of the mercy of my Lord, ye would surely refrain for fear of expending and man is ever miserly. |
| Di Si poseyerais los tesoros de misericordia de mi Señor, entonces, los retendríais por miedo de gastarlos . El hombre es tacaño... | Say (to the disbelievers) If you possessed the treasure of the Mercy of my Lord (wealth, money, provision, etc.), then you would surely hold back (from spending) for fear of (being exhausted), and man is ever miserly! |
| Di Si poseyerais los tesoros de misericordia de mi Señor, entonces, los retendríais por miedo de gastarlos . El hombre es tacaño... | Say (unto them) If ye possessed the treasures of the mercy of my Lord, ye would surely hold them back for fear of spending, for man was ever grudging. |
| Di Si poseyerais los tesoros de misericordia de mi Señor, entonces, los retendríais por miedo de gastarlos . El hombre es tacaño... | Say, Even if you possessed the treasuries of my Lord s mercy, you would withhold them for the fear of being spent, and man is very niggardly. |
| Di Si poseyerais los tesoros de misericordia de mi Señor, entonces, los retendríais por miedo de gastarlos . El hombre es tacaño... | Say 'If you possessed the treasuries of my Lord's Mercy, you would hold them back for fear of spending and mankind is ever grudging! |
| Di Si poseyerais los tesoros de misericordia de mi Señor, entonces, los retendríais por miedo de gastarlos . El hombre es tacaño... | Say If you control the treasures of the mercy of my Lord, then you would withhold (them) from fear of spending, and man is niggardly. |
| Di Si poseyerais los tesoros de misericordia de mi Señor, entonces, los retendríais por miedo de gastarlos . El hombre es tacaño... | Say If ye had control of the Treasures of the Mercy of my Lord, behold, ye would keep them back, for fear of spending them for man is (every) niggardly! |
| En los Países Bajos, es costumbre que cuando se construye una casa y se ha alcanzado el punto más alto y el techo está listo para el entejado, el cliente obsequia a los trabajadores de la construcción a la llamada cerveza de la teja para celebrarlo. Una bandera se pone entonces en la cumbrera de la casa. Si el cliente es demasiado tacaño para invitar, no se pone una bandera y en su lugar se pone una escoba. | In the Netherlands, it is the custom that, when during the construction of a house the highest point has been reached and the roof is ready for tiling, the client treats the construction workers to so called tile beer to celebrate this. A flag is then placed on the ridge of the house. If the client is too stingy to treat, not a flag, but a broom is placed. |
