English-Spanish translations for spare

• ahorrar
  En el futuro se podrían ahorrar estas amenazas. So perhaps we can be spared this phoney pressure in the future!
• apiadarse
• de reserva
  Nuestra capacidad de reserva de energía es del 4,8 % y disminuye cada año, ya que antes se situaba entre el 15 y el 20 %. Our spare energy capacity stands at 4.8% and is falling every year, while before it was 15-20%.
  No hace falta decir que ha habido fuertes presiones por parte de aquellas autoridades locales que disponen de capacidad de incineración de reserva. Needless to say, there was a great deal of pressure from local authorities with spare incineration capacity.
  Los hospitales del Servicio Nacional de Salud disponen de una cantidad importante de calderas de reserva para gestionar emergencias en caso de fallos técnicos. NHS hospitals need to have a significant amount of spare boiler capacity to cope with emergencies and in case there are technical failures.
• dejar
  Si añadimos la ropa de invierno, la necesidad de despejar la nieve y todo lo demás, es obvio que pagar a todos los trabajadores lo mismo dejaría a unos con más dinero sobrante que a otros. Add in winter clothing, snow clearance and all the rest and it is obvious that to pay all workers the same would leave some with more spare cash than others.
• económico
  Desde 2004, la Unión no ha escatimado esfuerzos económicos y ese compromiso ha contribuido, sin duda, a impedir la carnicería. Since 2004, the Union has spared no financial efforts, and this commitment has certainly helped to prevent carnage.
  Hay que reconocer todo el mérito de los vecinos, porque sin medios económicos, sin tiempo, fuera de su tiempo de trabajo, están luchando por preservar este espacio natural. We must acknowledge all the valuable work done by volunteers, because they give their spare time, unpaid and unrewarded, to fight to preserve this natural resource.
  Además, la austeridad impuesta por los constreñimientos financieros y económicos sobre todos los Estados miembros en 1997 tampoco permite pasar por alto las rúbricas 3 y 4 de la Previsión financiera. Moreover, the rigour imposed by the financial and economic constraints on all Member States in 1997 cannot spare headings 3 and 4 of the Financial Perspective.
• economizar
• frugal
• guardar
• repuesto
  Usted es la tercera rueda de repuesto. You are the third spare wheel.
  Se han convertido en un inventario de piezas de repuesto para los enfermos. They have become a spare parts inventory for the sick.
  por escrito. - Apoyo un mercado europeo de repuestos competitivo. in writing. - I support a competitive European market for spare parts.

Definition of spare

• Scanty; not abundant or plentiful
• Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary
• Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous
• Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency
• Lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt
• Very angry; frustrated or distraught
• Slow
• The act of sparing; moderation; restraint
• Parsimony; frugal use
• An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket
• A spare part, especially a spare tire
• The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare
• A free period; a block of school during which one does not have a class
• To show mercy
• To keep
• To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with

Examples

• a spare diet
• I have no spare time.
• a spare anchor; a spare bed or room
• When he found out that someone had broken the window, he went spare.
• The poor girl is going spare, stuck in the house all day with the kids like that.
• Spare the rod and spoil the child

Related words

• transparent
• transparency
• dyspareunia
• non-transparent
• transparence
• transparently
• spareribs
• sparerib
• semitransparent