measly in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for measly in the English»Spanish Dictionary

measly <measlier measliest> [Am ˈmizli, Brit ˈmiːzli] ADJ

1. measly inf (paltry):

measly portion/salary

mísero

measly portion/salary

miserable

2. measly VET:

measly

aquejado de cisticercosis

Translations for measly in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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raquítico (raquítica)

measly inf

mísero (mísera)

measly

el mísero sueldo que me pagan

the miserable o paltry o measly salary they pay me

gana un sueldo ratón

he earns a measly o paltry salary

nos sirvió un piazo de carne todo quemado

she gave us a measly little scrap of burnt meat inf

por unos pinches pesos

for a few miserable o crummy o measly pesos inf

mira la miseria que me diste

look at the miserable o paltry o measly amount you gave me inf

por cuatro tristes pesos

for a few measly pesos inf

measly in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for measly in the English»Spanish Dictionary

measly <-ier, -iest> [ˈmi:zli] ADJ

measly

miserable

Translations for measly in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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aún no he comido ni un triste bocadillo

I haven't even had a measly sandwich yet

measly Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

I haven't even had a measly sandwich yet

aún no he comido ni un triste bocadillo

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

How dare he stand there and say public servants are greedy asking for a measly 4%.

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Now a measly five years feels like a gift.

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It's the getting on part that's hard -- and who doesn't have a measly ten minutes?

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Overall it expects the economy to grow by a measly 0.5% in 2012, down from 1.7% previously.

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Forget that gross rental yields are a measly 3.4 per cent.

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Unless you like tuna -- that's the $5 footlong of the month, and that's all you can get in this city for five measly dollars.

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In 2013 that number dropped to a measly nine percent.

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What they came up with, for a measly first-place prize of about $8,000, is a mix of innovation, imagination, bizarre and sometimes flat-out ugly.

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The dog weighed in at a measly 53 pounds -- about half of the 120 pounds it should have weighed.

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In light of its measly $1.2 million price tag the film's quality relative to bigger-budget horror films is striking.

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