extravagance in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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extravagance [Am ɪkˈstrævəɡəns, Brit ɪkˈstravəɡ(ə)ns, ɛkˈstravəɡ(ə)ns] N

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to come home to roost her extravagance is really coming home to roost
ahora sí que está pagando las consecuencias de su despilfarro
Tom is continually reproaching me for being extravagant/with extravagance
Tom me reprocha continuamente (el) que gaste tanto

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extravagance in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for extravagance in the English»Spanish Dictionary

extravagance [ɪkˈstrævəgəns] N no pl

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Her husbands failed investment had left her with little money; his extravagances had matched his income.
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Though his works were universally admired by contemporaries, later commentators have remarked that their erudition was marred by speculative extravagances.
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It would therefore seem there was little official approval for such extravagances, which were rarely committed to writing.
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For comic effect, he used irony and ludicrous extravagance, often in an attempt to liberate the reader from cultural conformity.
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Colourful paintings that filled the pages of the album demonstrated the extravagance of the processions and the high costs.
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He was known for his wild antics, his practical jokes and his extravagance and frivolousness, which his father approved of wholeheartedly.
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He later developed a different style from his early feudal extravagances, of rural scenes intermingled with tragic incidents of town poverty and aristocratic splendor.
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In that era, convening even larger grand juries just to indict criminals was seen as an unnecessary extravagance.
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He was described as a spendthrift prone to extravagance and light amusements.
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On the other hand, he resented her extravagance, her misuse of his inheritance, and her attempts to force him to pursue a political career.
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