petty in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for petty in the English»Spanish Dictionary

petty <pettier pettiest> [Am ˈpɛdi, Brit ˈpɛti] ADJ

1. petty (unimportant):

petty details

insignificante

petty details

nimio

petty crime

delito m menor

petty crime

falta f

petty thief

ladronzuelo m / ladronzuela f

I will not be ordered about by some petty clerk

no voy a dejar que me dé órdenes cualquier empleaducho de mala muerte

2. petty (small-minded):

petty attitude

mezquino

come on, let's not be petty about it

¡no vamos a discutir por una nimiedad!

it was rather petty of you not to shake hands with her

no fue muy magnánimo de tu parte no querer darle la mano

petty cash N U

petty cash

caja f chica

petty cash

dinero m para gastos menores

petty cash book

libro m de caja chica or de gastos menores

petty theft N

petty theft

hurto m menor

petty larceny N U or C

petty larceny

hurto m

petty sessions N (in UK)

petty sessions HISTORY

tribunal para delitos de poca importancia

petty officer N

petty officer

suboficial mf de marina

Translations for petty in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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baladí

petty

nimio (nimia)

petty

quinqui

petty thief

gastos menores

petty expenditure

petty in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for petty in the English»Spanish Dictionary

petty <-ier, -iest> [ˈpet̬·i] ADJ

1. petty pej:

petty detail, amount

trivial

petty detail, amount

insignificante

petty person, attitude

mezquino, -a

2. petty LAW:

petty

menor

petty larceny N LAW

petty larceny

hurto m menor

petty cash N

petty cash

fondo disponible para gastos menores

petty officer N NAUT

petty officer

suboficial mf de marina

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

petty theft

hurto m

petty/grand larceny

hurto menor/mayor

Translations for petty in the Spanish»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

ladronzuelo (-a)

petty thief

manilargo (-a)

petty thief

ratero (-a)

petty thief

chorizo (-a)

petty thief

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The combat teams are composed of ten men: petty officers and seamens and a commanding petty officer.

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He enlists a petty thief to enter the cave and retrieve it, whose attempt fails.

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Petty officials were also satisfied of with the change.

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It has few shops except for a small number of "potti kadais" (petty shops).

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Below the warrant officers came the petty officers.

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It has no great ruler but only a number of petty chiefs ruling the various cities.

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Petty warfare is both used in ground and sea combats.

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He felt it important that the authority of petty officers should be boosted, and he did this by improving their quarters.

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The empire dissolved into petty polities, fighting among each other for war captives to sell into slavery.

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It also abolished the crime of petty treason.

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