barato

=

cheap

adjective

barato, -a
adjective
1. cheap (objeto)
  • lo barato, -a sale caro -> buying cheap is a false economy
2. cheap (sentimentalismo); trashy (literatura)
adverb
3. cheap, cheaply
  • me costó barato, -a -> it was cheap, I got it cheap
  • vender algo barato, -a -> to sell something cheaply
  • en este bar se come muy barato, -a -> you can eat very cheaply in this bar, the food's very cheap in this bar

barato [bah-rah’-to]
noun
1. Money given by the winners at a gaming-table to the bystanders. (m)
  • Hacer barato -> to sell under value in order to get rid of goods, to sell things under cost price
  • Dar de barato -> (Met.) to grant for argument's sake, to grant readily, without objection
  • Lo barato es caro -> the cheapest goods are dearest
  • Ni juega -> ni da barato, to act with indifference, without taking part with a faction
adverb
2. Cheaply.

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