escatimar
to skimp on
Reviewed by: David WestfallCofounder
To give less of something than you should
Encoding Strategies:
mnemonic
e-
extra sound
(eases pronunciation)
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scant
barely enough
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-ar
verb suffix
Escatimar means to skimp on, like giving someone less than you should, and sounds like the English word scant1 turned into a verb. When you skimp on something, you hand over only a scant amount of it.
escatimar
to skimp on, to be sparing with
Holding back on something you are meant to give or do, so that what arrives is smaller than it should be.
No escatimes en el queso, por favorDon't skimp on the cheese, please
El hotel fue barato porque escatimaban la limpiezaThe hotel was cheap because they were sparing with the cleaning