penny-pinching in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for penny-pinching in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.penny-pinching [Brit ˈpɛnɪpɪntʃɪŋ, Am ˈpɛni ˌpɪntʃɪŋ] N

penny-pinching

tirchieria f

penny-pinching

avarizia f

penny-pinching

spilorceria f

II.penny-pinching [Brit ˈpɛnɪpɪntʃɪŋ, Am ˈpɛni ˌpɪntʃɪŋ] ADJ

penny-pinching

tirchio, avaro, spilorcio

Translations for penny-pinching in the Italian»English Dictionary

tirchieria [tirkjeˈria] N f

tirchieria

stinginess

tirchieria

penny-pinching

spilorceria [spilortʃeˈria] N f

spilorceria

penny-pinching

spilorceria

stinginess

spilorceria

meanness

I.tirchio <pl tirchi, tirchie> [ˈtirkjo, ki, kje] ADJ

tirchio

stingy

tirchio

(penny-)pinching

II.tirchio (tirchia) <pl tirchi, tirchie> [ˈtirkjo, ki, kje] N m (f)

tirchio (tirchia)

miser

tirchio (tirchia)

skinflint

tirchio (tirchia)

penny-pincher

I.spilorcio <pl spilorci, spilorce> [spiˈlɔrtʃo, tʃi, tʃe] ADJ inf

spilorcio

penny-pinching

spilorcio

stingy

spilorcio

tight-fisted

II.spilorcio (spilorcia) <pl spilorci, spilorce> [spiˈlɔrtʃo, tʃi, tʃe] N m (f) inf

spilorcio (spilorcia)

penny-pincher

spilorcio (spilorcia)

cheapskate

spilorcio (spilorcia)

skinflint

lesina [ˈlezina] N f

1. lesina (del calzolaio):

lesina

awl

lesina

punch

2. lesina (taccagneria):

lesina fig

stinginess

lesina fig

penny-pinching

lesina fig

meanness

3. lesina (persona avara):

lesina fig

skinflint

lesina fig

penny-pincher

parsimonioso [parsimoˈnjoso] ADJ

parsimonioso persona

parsimonious pej

parsimonioso persona

skimping

parsimonioso persona

sparing

parsimonioso persona

thrifty

parsimonioso persona

penny-pinching pej

parsimonioso uso

sparing

penny-pinching in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for penny-pinching in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.penny-pinching [ˈpe·ni·ˌpɪn·tʃɪŋ] N

penny-pinching

spilorceria f

penny-pinching

tirchieria f

II.penny-pinching [ˈpe·ni·ˌpɪn·tʃɪŋ] ADJ

penny-pinching

tirchio, -a

penny-pinching

spilorcio, -a

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Thatcher grew up in an era of hardship and penny-pinching, but she also lived in an age of high social solidarity and restraint.

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Perhaps, he is being driven by mediocrity or needless penny-pinching.

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It's also likely that the deciding factor was simple penny-pinching.

www.abc.net.au

A penny-pinching bride said an extravagant thank you to her guests who she made pay for their own food on her big day.

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Cheap, easy to prepare and relatively filling, instant ramen is the go-to staple of bleary-eyed, penny-pinching college students everywhere.

www.theglobeandmail.com

Our dream theatre would have a range of ticket prices, including discount and freebie movie nights for penny-pinching clientele.

www.thestar.com

It is outrageous and penny-pinching that they don't.

www.dailystar.co.uk

She's loath to reduce human life to a dollar figure, but willing to make the argument if it motivates penny-pinching politicians to support safer streets.

www.metronews.ca

Having processes, rules, policies and cost controls is too often portrayed as bureaucratic, penny-pinching and inhumane.

www.theglobeandmail.com

Yet, at the same time, penny-pinching centralization is putting people out of work.

www.thesudburystar.com