Find a word related to S P A R E

Question

The idea is to find an English word (synonym –- antonym -- phrase or idiom ) related to the word S P A R E (adjetivo, sustantivo, verbo)

and then write a simple sentence in English and Spanish for that word. (not Spare)

Examples:

We arrived at the airport with five minutes to spare.

Llegamos al aeropuerto con cinco minutos de antelación.

Pictures would be nice.

Mariana has kindly agreed to be the “official” corrector of the Spanish.

I think I can manage being the “unofficial” corrector for the English, je je

This was the previous challenge

I love these, Ian. : ) - rac1, Jan 6, 2013

Answer 1

I'm going spare!

Estoy volviendo loca.

I know the feeling amiga. - ian-hill, Jan 7, 2013

Muchas gracias, Ian! - annierats, Jan 19, 2013

Me estoy volviedo loca (you left "me" out). - luisssito, Jan 19, 2013

Originality brings its reward Annie. :) - ian-hill, Jan 20, 2013

Answer 2

Their earnings were meager.

Sus ingresos fueron escasos.

HI Franco - that one only just scapes in by the skin of its teeth lol - ian-hill, Jan 6, 2013

Spare earnings sound more as though they are to spare. - annierats, Jan 7, 2013

I agree they are surplus to requirements Annie. - ian-hill, Jan 7, 2013

I think you were thinking of sparce, not spare. - gringojrf, Jan 7, 2013

Yup, I meant sparse or austere. - francobollo, Jan 8, 2013

Answer 3

extra - extra

¿Tienes algunas muestras extras?

Do you have extra samples?

Love those free samples, don't you Annie? :-) - francobollo, Jan 7, 2013

:) - ian-hill, Jan 7, 2013

Yes, I do, Franco : ) - rac1, Jan 7, 2013

Answer 4

¿Puede darme información adicional? Can you give me additional information?

:) only just in my opinion amigo. but a vote. lol - ian-hill, Jan 7, 2013

Answer 5

¡La letra con sangre entra!

Spare the rod, spoil the child!

Good one. - annierats, Jan 7, 2013

:) - ian-hill, Jan 7, 2013

Answer 6

Do you have any reserve pen?

¿Tienes cualquier pluma de reserva?

:) - ian-hill, Jan 7, 2013

Do you have any spare pens? - ¿Tiene algún bolígrafos de repuesto? - ian-hill, Jan 19, 2013

Answer 7

Synonyms: skimp (on)

El pomeranio: Me gusta cuando mi dueño no escatima en el helado!
Pomeranian: I like it when my owner doesn't skimp on the ice cream!

Hyde Park, London (2009)

:) - ian-hill, Jan 7, 2013

Answer 8

Spare me the explanation.

¡No me explicas!

Guárdate tus comentarios is how I would phrase it. Let's see what Mariana has to say. - francobollo, Jan 7, 2013

:) - ian-hill, Jan 7, 2013

Answer 9

Over Chrismas, I put on several Pirellis.

Durante las fiestas navideños he adquirido unos michellinis nuevos.

Kindly note that the English put on more pirrelis than michellinis.. Both sorts are easy to put on and hard to take off. - annierats, Jan 16, 2013

was that "spare" Pirellis (tyres) Annie? - ian-hill, Jan 16, 2013

Yes, spare tyres, you know, around the middle.. - annierats, Jan 17, 2013

Answer 10

franco's "meagre" would fit by the way, except for the spelling (AmE), hehe, but in another phrase,

A spare helping - meagre, frugal, scanty, skimpish, as well as being an extra helping.

True Eddy :) - ian-hill, Jan 16, 2013

Answer 11

Leftovers - sobras

Sometimes leftovers are very good.

A veces, las sobras son muy buenos.

Especially these - pmikan-pam, Jan 16, 2013

Especially for the Pirellis.. - annierats, Jan 16, 2013

Answer 12

Spare no expense.

Gasta tanto como es necesario.

:) - ian-hill, Jan 7, 2013

That's good. - annierats, Jan 16, 2013

Answer 13

Can you give up one of your horses? ¿Puede dejar a uno de sus caballos?

:) - ian-hill, Jan 7, 2013

Answer 14

Está bien tener un neumatíco de repuesto (para el coche). Sin embargo, no está bien tener un neumatíco de repuesto alrededor de la linea de su cintura. En Los Estados Unidos, decimos que una persona con una linea de cintura grande tiene un neumatíco de repuesto.

It is good to have a spare tire (for the car). However, it is not good to have a spare tire around your waist line. In the United States, we say that a person with a big waist line has a spare tire.

"tire" = "tyre" in brit English - ian-hill, Jan 19, 2013

:) - ian-hill, Jan 19, 2013

haha I've never heard this expression. - JoPolish, Jan 19, 2013

Answer 15

Your brother, he is a right gooseberry, a spare wheel.

Tu hermano sabe aruinar una cita.

, "surplus to requirements" would be better amiga :) - ian-hill, Jan 17, 2013

I guess so. But then, he's spare! - annierats, Jan 17, 2013

yep - ian-hill, Jan 19, 2013