thrift

frugalidad, ahorro

Costumbre de gastar poco dinero y evitar el desperdicio.

En inglés sencillo: The habit of spending little money and avoiding waste.

• Thrift helped her save enough for a car.
• His parents taught him the value of thrift.
• Their thrift extends to food and electricity.

Sinónimos: economy, frugality

Antónimos: extravagance

Expresiones frecuentes: practice thrift, household thrift

armeria

Planta pequeña de hojas estrechas y grupos redondos de flores rosas, frecuente cerca del mar.

En inglés sencillo: A small plant with narrow leaves and round groups of pink flowers, often found near the sea.

• Thrift grows along the cliff edge.
• We planted thrift in our rock garden.
• The thrift flowers turn the hillside pink.

Sinónimos: sea pink

Expresiones frecuentes: sea thrift, pink thrift

caja de ahorros

Banco que principalmente recibe ahorros y presta dinero para comprar viviendas.

En inglés sencillo: A bank that mainly accepts savings and lends money to people buying homes.

• The thrift approved our home loan.
• Several small thrifts merged last year.
• She opened a savings account at a thrift.

Sinónimos: savings bank

Expresiones frecuentes: local thrift, thrift institution

comprar de segunda mano

Buscar o comprar artículos usados en tiendas que los venden baratos.

En inglés sencillo: To look for or buy used things in shops that sell them cheaply.

• We thrift every Saturday.
• She thrifted a beautiful leather jacket.
• Do you ever thrift for furniture?

Sinónimos: shop secondhand

Expresiones frecuentes: thrift clothes, thrift a jacket, thrift for bargains