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avaro

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adjective
  1. avaricious, greedy
  2. mean, stingy, miserly
nounmasculine
  1. miser

Forms

adjective

masculine singularavaro
feminineavara
masculine pluralavaros
feminine pluralavaras

noun

singularavaro
pluralavaros
feminineavara
feminine pluralavaras

Used in the library

  • El ciego es avaro y cruel, y Lázaro aprende a robarle el vino con una paja y a sacarle pan de la bolsa que lleva cosida.The blind man is miserly and cruel, and Lázaro learns to steal his wine with a straw and to take bread from the bag he keeps sewn shut.B2El Lazarillo de Tormes — Lazarillo de Tormes

Other ways to say it

  • avariciosoavaricious, greedy
  • cicateromiserly, mean, stingy; punctilious, concerned with worthless small things or details
  • codiciosogreedy, covetous
  • mezquinomiserly, mean, stingy; petty, small-minded
  • roñosomean; avaricious
  • sórdidosordid, sleazy, seamy, dirty; greedy
  • tacañostingy, miserly, cheap, tight-fisted, niggardly, mean, penny-pinching

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