barato
adjetivo
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
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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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