Apr 14, 2005 16:46
19 yrs ago
Spanish term
RATÓN
Non-PRO
Spanish to English
Other
Slang
Street talk
Quisisera una traducción al inglés para esta palabra del argot argentino (lunfardo).
RATON : alude a la persona insolvente o de escasos recursos / Quien mide minuciosamente sus gastos.
Por ej: vamos a tomar un café con un amigo y yo me pido un capuccino ($2.25) y él se pide un café ($2.00) porque dice que el capuccino es muy caro. Entonces le digo: "¡No seas ratón, por 0.25c pedite un capuccino!"
Es más familiar que "tacaño, miserable", aunque también se puede usar con tono peyorativo ("Ese tipo es un ratón, no te invita un café ni loco").
RATON : alude a la persona insolvente o de escasos recursos / Quien mide minuciosamente sus gastos.
Por ej: vamos a tomar un café con un amigo y yo me pido un capuccino ($2.25) y él se pide un café ($2.00) porque dice que el capuccino es muy caro. Entonces le digo: "¡No seas ratón, por 0.25c pedite un capuccino!"
Es más familiar que "tacaño, miserable", aunque también se puede usar con tono peyorativo ("Ese tipo es un ratón, no te invita un café ni loco").
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | church mouse |
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| 5 +6 | cheap skate |
George Rabel
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| 4 +4 | penny pincher |
María Teresa Taylor Oliver
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| 5 +1 | penny-pincher |
Refugio
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| 5 +1 | cheap/mean |
Alicia Casal
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| 4 | tight arse |
Susan Andrew
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Change log
Apr 14, 2005 16:47: ------ (X) changed "Language pair" from "English to Spanish" to "Spanish to English"
Proposed translations
2 mins
Spanish term (edited):
RAT�N
Selected
church mouse
poor as a church mouse.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks"
+1
4 mins
Spanish term (edited):
RAT�N
penny-pincher
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+4
3 mins
María Teresa Taylor Oliver
Panama
Panama
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
Panama
Synesthete with a flair for tasty words!
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Costa Rican, Panamanian, Nicaraguan, Mexican, Peruvian, Venezuelan, Cuban, Honduran, Argentine, US, Guatemalan, Salvadoran, Latin American, Colombian) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
Related KudoZ points
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6
Spanish term (edited):
RAT�N
penny pincher
Es lo primero que se me ocurre. Sé que hay muchos términos más slangy, quizá.
Main Entry: penny pincher Pronunciation Guide
Function: noun
: a niggardly or parsimonious person
Main Entry: 1nig·gard·ly Pronunciation Guide
Pronunciation: -l, -li
Function: adjective
Etymology: 1niggard + -ly
1 : grudgingly loath to part with money or possessions or to grant favors
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STINGY, TIGHTWAD, MISER...
El Webster\'s da muchos sinónimos:
http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/unabridged?boo...
Main Entry: 1stin·gy Pronunciation Guide
Pronunciation: stinj, -ji
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): -er/-est
Etymology: probably from (assumed) English dialect stinge, n., sting + English -y; akin to Old English stingan to sting -- more at STING
1 dialect chiefly England : BITING, SHARP
2 a : reluctant to deal out, grant, or part with something : not generous : sparing or scant in giving or spending <too stingy even to get a haircut before his wedding> b : meanly scanty or small : MEAGER <complained about his stingy allowance> <a stingy little attic room>
synonyms PARSIMONIOUS, PENURIOUS, CHEESEPARING, PENNY-PINCHING, MISERLY, CURMUDGEONLY, NIGGARDLY, TIGHT, TIGHTFISTED, CLOSEFISTED, CLOSE: stingy, perhaps the most generally used term in this group, refers to notable want of generosity or liberality in giving, allotting, distributing, a want arising from a certain meanness of spirit
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\"Tightwad\" quizá va más con tu contexto de \"tacaño, que no quiere invitar a nadie\".
Main Entry: tightwad Pronunciation Guide
Pronunciation:
Function: noun
: a person who spends, lends, or gives away money grudgingly or not at all : a close or miserly person
Main Entry: penny pincher Pronunciation Guide
Function: noun
: a niggardly or parsimonious person
Main Entry: 1nig·gard·ly Pronunciation Guide
Pronunciation: -l, -li
Function: adjective
Etymology: 1niggard + -ly
1 : grudgingly loath to part with money or possessions or to grant favors
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Note added at 5 mins (2005-04-14 16:51:39 GMT)
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STINGY, TIGHTWAD, MISER...
El Webster\'s da muchos sinónimos:
http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/unabridged?boo...
Main Entry: 1stin·gy Pronunciation Guide
Pronunciation: stinj, -ji
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): -er/-est
Etymology: probably from (assumed) English dialect stinge, n., sting + English -y; akin to Old English stingan to sting -- more at STING
1 dialect chiefly England : BITING, SHARP
2 a : reluctant to deal out, grant, or part with something : not generous : sparing or scant in giving or spending <too stingy even to get a haircut before his wedding> b : meanly scanty or small : MEAGER <complained about his stingy allowance> <a stingy little attic room>
synonyms PARSIMONIOUS, PENURIOUS, CHEESEPARING, PENNY-PINCHING, MISERLY, CURMUDGEONLY, NIGGARDLY, TIGHT, TIGHTFISTED, CLOSEFISTED, CLOSE: stingy, perhaps the most generally used term in this group, refers to notable want of generosity or liberality in giving, allotting, distributing, a want arising from a certain meanness of spirit
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Note added at 8 mins (2005-04-14 16:54:51 GMT)
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\"Tightwad\" quizá va más con tu contexto de \"tacaño, que no quiere invitar a nadie\".
Main Entry: tightwad Pronunciation Guide
Pronunciation:
Function: noun
: a person who spends, lends, or gives away money grudgingly or not at all : a close or miserly person
Peer comment(s):
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Refugio
: It seems to fit the examples very well; however, I would use a hyphen
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Thanks, Ruth. I think it would be w/o the hyphen if it's acting as a noun, no? In any case, I thought of it w/ the hyphen, and found it w/o it in Webster's.
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Xenia Wong
: Ahhh...no te había visto panameña!!
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Hola, hola :D
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Oso (X)
: ¶:^)
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En Panamá es "cododuro" :P Gracias, Osito :)
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Susana Betti
6 days
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+6
7 mins
George Rabel
Native in Spanish
TRANSLATIONS THAT READ LIKE ORIGINALS
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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11
Spanish term (edited):
RAT�N
cheap skate
cheap skate: Information From Answers.comcheap skate A stingy person, as in He's a real cheap skate when it comes to tipping . This idiom combines cheap (for “penurious”) with.
www.answers.com/topic/cheap-skate -
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Also used as a single word: cheapskate
The Search For Meaning In A Virtual World \"We burn with desire to ...
... My Boyfriend Is A Cheapskate Date\": endless self-debasement in the form of
... where instead of being called a \"cheapskate date\" someone can be called a ...
www.philosophicalsociety.com/Archives/ The%20Search%20For%20Meaning%20In%20A%20Virtual%20World.htm - 34k - Cached - Similar pages
Bankrate\'s Financial Literacy Guide: Are you a cheapskate?
... Quiz: Are you a cheapskate? By Laura Shanahan • Bankrate.com ... you\'re at a
nice restaurant with a first-time date (if you\'re married, just pretend ...
www.bankrate.com/brm/news/ financial-literacy/quiz/cheapskate.asp - Similar pages
Skinny Dipping with the President: Never Ever Date a cheapskate
... Never Ever Date a cheapskate. My mother once told me that a man who is stingy
with his money will be stingy with his heart. Ain\'t it the truth. ...
fromlookoutmountain.blogspot.com/ 2004/09/never-ever-date-cheapskate.html - 17k
www.answers.com/topic/cheap-skate -
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Note added at 10 mins (2005-04-14 16:57:03 GMT)
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Also used as a single word: cheapskate
The Search For Meaning In A Virtual World \"We burn with desire to ...
... My Boyfriend Is A Cheapskate Date\": endless self-debasement in the form of
... where instead of being called a \"cheapskate date\" someone can be called a ...
www.philosophicalsociety.com/Archives/ The%20Search%20For%20Meaning%20In%20A%20Virtual%20World.htm - 34k - Cached - Similar pages
Bankrate\'s Financial Literacy Guide: Are you a cheapskate?
... Quiz: Are you a cheapskate? By Laura Shanahan • Bankrate.com ... you\'re at a
nice restaurant with a first-time date (if you\'re married, just pretend ...
www.bankrate.com/brm/news/ financial-literacy/quiz/cheapskate.asp - Similar pages
Skinny Dipping with the President: Never Ever Date a cheapskate
... Never Ever Date a cheapskate. My mother once told me that a man who is stingy
with his money will be stingy with his heart. Ain\'t it the truth. ...
fromlookoutmountain.blogspot.com/ 2004/09/never-ever-date-cheapskate.html - 17k
Peer comment(s):
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Refugio
: Another good one // for you, George, anything ... but I think cheapskate is one word
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thanks Ruth. You buying lunch?
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María Teresa Taylor Oliver
: ¡Ah! no me acordé de ése. ¿Pero no va pegado, "cheapskate"?
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va de las dos formas. "Cheapskate" me parece mejor, porque ahorra espacio ; )
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Gerardo Garcia Ramis
: Cuéntame entre las filas de los "lumpers", it's "cheapskate" for me.//Haven't you heard there's no such thing as a free lunch? In my book, lumpers almost always trump splitters, but then, I haven't set foot in the UK since 1979.
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I agree, if you pay. Also used as "cheap-skate" in the UK
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Daniela Alguerno
: In the US, saying that a person is cheap is enough, people use it on a daily basis
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yes, usually followed by a les polite adjective than "skate"
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Oso (X)
: En México les llamamos "codos" ¿y en Cuba? ¶:^)
1 hr
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en Cuba "Fulano camina con los codos". También se acostumbra a hacer un gesto de tocarse los codos para referirse a ellos, sin palabras.
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felizfeliz
: I think it is the right color. It is negative, but not terrible offensive.
2 days 5 hrs
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I agree. Thanks
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38 mins
Spanish term (edited):
RAT�N
tight arse
means the same thing but could be found offensive, depending on who your target audience is.
+1
3 hrs
Spanish term (edited):
RAT�N
cheap/mean
sug.
We also use: Es una rata
though it has some extra meaning
We also use: Es una rata
though it has some extra meaning
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