Avaricia in english
Avarice
pronunciation: ævɜrəs part of speech: noun
pronunciation: ævɜrəs part of speech: noun
In gestures
avaricia = greed ; rapacity ; penny-pinching ; greediness ; avariciousness ; avarice ; cupidity ; covetousness.
Example: Appeals to pride, status, greed, and many other aspects of man's nature are sometimes successful.Example: Britain's elites not only retain their power, they also exercise it with a shameless rapacity.Example: The key to penny-pinching is to have, as much as possible, but only what you want, not what you don't.Example: That element of greediness, which has been a canker in our political hierarchy, should be avoided.Example: The economy in general was suffering from the company owner's avariciousness.Example: The seven deadly sins are 'pride, avarice, envy, wrath, lust, gluttony, and sloth/acedia'.Example: Cupidity is one of the central themes in the Buddhist philosophy.Example: Covetousness is without a doubt the biggest sin in the United States and Europe today.more:
» con avaricia = rapaciously ; greedily ; avariciously .
Example: Rapaciously hunted by humans over centuries, whales have not recovered in the decades after whaling was outlawed. Example: The prisoners pounced on the food like hungry beasts and, champing noisily, gulped down the soup greedily, hardly chewing the meat, and burning their mouths. Example: They gladly and avariciously take our money, but make no bones about hating our fucking guts and trying to fuck us over every chance they get!.» feo con avaricia = as ugly as sin .
Example: Not only was his wife as ugly as sin, and twice as evil, but had a voracious appetite for spending cash as though it was going out of fashion.» la avaricia rompe el saco = grasp all, lose all .
Example: But in fact it is a classic case of 'grasp all, lose all' -- if Wales had been less greedy, they would have gone for the draw.