amarrete
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
amarrete (feminine amarreta, masculine plural amarretes, feminine plural amarretas)
- stingy; miserly
- 2016 October 7, “La reactivación demora en llegar y calienta los ánimos”, in Clarin[1]:
- Los organismos financieros internacionales dicen que apoyan, pero fueron amarretes a la hora de avalar los números económicos de la Argentina.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Noun[edit]
amarrete m (plural amarretes, feminine amarreta, feminine plural amarretas)
Further reading[edit]
- “amarrete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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