scrimp

• Verbo que significa ahorrar o gastar la menor cantidad posible de dinero, a menudo reduciendo gastos en necesidades básicas; también implica ser tacaño o privarse de algo para economizar.

A verb used to indicate the act of economizing or spending as little money as possible, often by cutting back on necessities.

1. Economize or be thriftyB2informal

   To spend very little money, often by cutting back on expenses, in order to save or make ends meet.

   Escatimar o ahorrar

   • They had to scrimp and save for years to buy a house.
   • She scrimps on groceries to afford her rent.
   • During the recession, many families scrimped on luxuries.

   Sinónimoscut backeconomizesavescrapeskimpstint

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