avare
Meanings
Adjective
1. stingy, miserly
Examples12
Ne sois pas si avare.
Don't be so greedy.
Il est avare de paroles.
He is spare in words.
Le directeur était toujours avare de mots.
The principal was always miserly with words.
C'est vrai qu'il est riche, mais il est avare.
It is true he is rich, but he is a miser.
Tom est avare.
Tom's greedy.
Mon père est trop avare, il ne me donne jamais d'argent.
My dad is so greedy, he never gives me money.