What did I say today - "stint"

Question

Well I said "don't stint yourself" to my American wife who didn't seem to know the word. Strange. So I thought maybe it would be interesting to translate it to Spanish. Alas, my dictionary only gives "stint" in the sense of a work "shift" or "turn". A wrong answer for me.

Now you get the context. She had just got out the last of the tuna spread for lunch and it looked to me as if maybe there was only enough for one. So I said "you first, don't stint yourself" meaning take plenty.

It turns out that I can run two sessions of spanishDict at once. Wow! So I went to the translator and now I have a word. "No te escatímas mi amor".

Have y'all got any other ideas?

I have never heard of stint used like this. - Pitágoras, Nov 22, 2012

Which was exactly what my wife said and why I thought it might be of interest. - geofc, Nov 22, 2012

People don't stint themselves much any more, that's why they are putting on weight. - annierats, Nov 22, 2012

Answer 1

Oldfashioned horse-breeders, such as myself , also use the word ' stinting' for ' trying' mares to see if they are in season.

The stinting is done by the ' teaser', a stallion kept specifically on larger studs, to chat up the girls so that the proper covering stallion is only presented with mares that are ' well on'. He has to cover 2-3 mares evry day during the stud season and would become worn out if he had to do all the ' teasing' as well.

I hope this information proves useful.

What a job! - --Mariana--, Nov 22, 2012

Interesting - QFour, Nov 24, 2012

Gracias, amigos. it is, of course a verb, in this usage. How many have you got to be stinted today? - annierats, Nov 24, 2012

Answer 2

No escatimes. (Goef, please review the use of usted and tú in all tenses and verbal modes. That's your biggest hurdle that I've seen so far)

No te limites.

No te quedes corta.

I'm truly sorry Fronca but I just don't understand your comment. What exactly has use of usted and tu got to do with "escatimes". By the way, as I sadi, I found it in the SpDic translator and I used it as a new word, not as the easiest. - geofc, Nov 22, 2012

No escatimes, negative command, is, what Franco means, I think. I'm not very good at the imperative. - annierats, Nov 22, 2012

Thanks annie - I admit that I tend not to use the imperative very often. 30+ years ago I asked the boys in the office about it because I never seemed to hear it and they said "we never use it". This sticks with me still. They were all native Chileaans. - geofc, Nov 22, 2012

"No te preocupes" - "No me digas eso" - "no me escribas eso" - "No te comportes así" - "No te des por vencido" ...it was a misunderstanding about the negative command form imperative not being used. - QFour, Nov 24, 2012

"No le hagas caso" - QFour, Nov 24, 2012

No escatímas does not exist. It's either No escatimes (tú) or No escatime (usted) - francobollo, Nov 24, 2012

Thank you Franco, I can't give commands either. I would go for: I suggest you eat less... - annierats, Nov 24, 2012

Answer 3

As a person from Massachusetts I would use "stint" as....

"He did a 5-year stint up at the state pen (prison)"

Yes, it works fine here a s well. - annierats, Nov 22, 2012

Me too, Mariana. - rac1, Nov 22, 2012

Tambien:) - Ranman, Nov 22, 2012

I confess I'd forgotten "stint in the nick" meanng. No experience, no memories. - geofc, Nov 22, 2012

Me too. - katydew, Nov 24, 2012

Answer 4

escatimar.

1. tr. Cercenar, disminuir, escasear lo que se ha de dar o hacer, acortándolo todo lo posible.

1. tr. p. us. Viciar, adulterar y depravar el sentido de las palabras y de los escritos, torciéndolos e interpretándolos maliciosamente.

2. tr. ant. Reconocer, rastrear y mirar con cuidado.

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Yep, I was just looking at that. - rac1, Nov 22, 2012

I'm sure I used to have a link to the RAE dictionary. I wonder what happened to it. - geofc, Nov 22, 2012

Answer 5

Cool, I myself almost couldn't imagine hearing 'stint' used this way, but it's a really neat slang... I like it a lot.

For me...

"a stint"

"a completed period of time"

"My stint in a rock band wasn't what I'd thought it would be."

Yes, that's fine over heere, not slang. - annierats, Nov 24, 2012

Answer 6

And then there is the homophone:

stent

which is the spacer put into the heart arteries to open blockage.

If anyone knows the Spanish for this, I'd like to know it, since this seems to come up in conversation from time to time.

Good question, it's made me fel worse, right away. - annierats, Nov 24, 2012

See my posting right here in this thread. - geofc, Nov 24, 2012

Answer 7

As for "stent" the RAE says

estent.

(Del ingl. stent, y este de C. T. Stent, 1807–1885, dentista inglés).

1. m. Med. Prótesis intravascular que sirve para mantener abierto un vaso previamente estenosado.

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I saw that but I've tried that one in an explanation to someone (Chile) and they look at me with questioning eyes and I don't think it's my pronunciation. I resorte to an explanation about espacios en las arterieas... - katydew, Nov 24, 2012

oops, typo, resorteD. - katydew, Nov 24, 2012

Here's a fun reference - title uses "estent" all subsequent refs are to "stent" http://healthlibrary.wkhs.com/article.aspx?chunkiid=103947 - geofc, Nov 24, 2012

Above seems to be the standard report, copied everywhere. But look at the Spanish versions in this: http://caribbean.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0043-31442008000400004&lng=en - geofc, Nov 24, 2012

Answer 8

Here's a couple of quotations with their authors named. I'm not suggesting that you answerers doubt me but it does seem to be a strange idea that "stint" as a verb even exists.

I must go deeper and even stronger into my treasure mine and stint nothing of time, toil, or torture. Zane Grey

Force without stint or limit, the righteous and triumphant Force which shall make Right the law of the world and cast every selfish dominion down in the dust. Woodrow Wilson

Of course neither is about food but they show the usage and by Americans what's more.