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avaricious:
- avaro; agarrado; exiguo; delgaducho; cáustico; avariento; perseverante; frugal
Wiktionary:
- avaricious → avaricioso, codicioso
- avaricious → avaricioso, avaro, tacaño

English

Detailed Translations for avaricious from English to Spanish

avaricious:

avaricious adj

avaricious (miserly; stingy; niggardly)
avaro; agarrado; exiguo; delgaducho; cáustico; avariento; perseverante; frugal
- avaro adj
- agarrado adj
- exiguo adj
- delgaducho adj
- cáustico adj
- avariento adj
- perseverante adj
- frugal adj

Translation Matrix for avaricious:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
avaro		haggler; miser; money-grub; money-grubber; niggard; screw; short arms deep pockets; skinflint
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	covetous; grabby; grasping; greedy; prehensile
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	greedy
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
agarrado	avaricious; miserly; niggardly; stingy
avariento	avaricious; miserly; niggardly; stingy
avaro	avaricious; miserly; niggardly; stingy	catty; querulous
cáustico	avaricious; miserly; niggardly; stingy	biting; catty; corroding; corrosive; cutting; embittered; exasperated; fierce; prickly; querulous; razor-sharp; sarcastic; sharp; stinging; suppressed; thorny
delgaducho	avaricious; miserly; niggardly; stingy	delicate; emaciated; flimsy; gaunt; haggard; hollow; hollow-eyed; lank; lanky; lean; meager; meagre; miserable; petite; poor; puny; shabby; skinny; slender; slim; small-boned; starved; sunken; thin; weedy
exiguo	avaricious; miserly; niggardly; stingy	barren; come off badly; few; inferior; meager; meagre; parched; poor; puny; skinny; thin; unfruitful; worst
frugal	avaricious; miserly; niggardly; stingy	frugal; meager; meagre; puny; skinny; thin
perseverante	avaricious; miserly; niggardly; stingy	indefatigable; persevering; persistent; persisting; tenacious; unwearying

Related Words for "avaricious":

avariciousness, avariciously

Synonyms for "avaricious":

covetous; grabby; grasping; greedy; prehensile; acquisitive

Related Definitions for "avaricious":

immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth¹
- they are avaricious and will do anything for money¹

Wiktionary Translations for avaricious:

avaricious

adjective

actuated by avarice
- avaricious → avaricioso; codicioso

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• avaricious	→ avaricioso; avaro; tacaño	↔ gierig — geen geld of bezit aan een ander willende geven
• avaricious	→ tacaño	↔ geizig — sehr sparsam, seine materiellen Werte zurückhaltend
• avaricious	→ avaro	↔ avare — Qui a un désir excessif d’accumuler.
• avaricious	→ avaricioso; avaro	↔ avaricieux — Qui est d’une avarice mesquine.

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