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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieséconomiser
Pronunciation / Transliteration: économiser
"Il faut économiser pour faire face aux temps difficiles."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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To be frugal or stingy; to spend as little as possible.
"They had to scrimp and save for years to buy their first home."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Origin uncertain, likely a blend of Scandinavian words related to shrinking or niggardly behavior, such as Norwegian 'skrempa' or dialectal 'scrimp' meaning to stint, appearing in English in the late 16th century.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Scrimp" is said worldwide
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économiser
Transliteration: économiser
"Il faut économiser pour faire face aux temps difficiles."
knausern
Transliteration: knausern
"Man muss manchmal knausern, um Geld zu sparen."
fare economia
Transliteration: fare economia
"Dobbiamo fare economia su ogni spesa superflua."
escasear
Transliteration: escasear
"Tuvieron que escatimar en gastos para llegar a fin de mes."
poupar
Transliteration: poupar
"Eles tiveram que apertar o cinto e poupar muito."
किफायत करना
Transliteration: kifayat karna
"घर चलाने के लिए उसे बहुत किफायत करनी पड़ी।"
节约
Transliteration: jiéyuē
"为了买房子，他们一直省吃俭用。"
절약하다
Transliteration: jeolyakhada
"그들은 생활비를 아끼기 위해 쪼듯 살아야 했다."
切り詰める
Transliteration: kiritsumeru
"生活費を切り詰めて貯金する。"
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