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Hacer economias

English translation: make savings, tighten our belts, cutback

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Spanish term or phrase:Hacer economias
English translation:make savings, tighten our belts, cutback
Entered by: TMay

21:32 Sep 15, 2008
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Spanish term or phrase: Hacer economias
"En mi familia habia que hacer economias"...En ingles se diria 'economize' pero pienso que debe haber otra manera de decirlo, que suene un poco mejor. Gracias.
TMay
Local time: 13:53
make savings, tighten our belts, cutback
Explanation:
Some further options.

Suerte
Sara
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Sara Noss
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:53
Grading comment
Thank you very much for your help...It really helped me. Thanks again.



Summary of answers provided
3 +2make savings, tighten our belts, cutback
Sara Noss
5had to --cut corners--
José J. Martínez
4make do/ be frugal/ spent carefully/ did not quander/waste / economized
trans4u
4keep expenses down to the minimum
Elizabeth Medina
4had to watch what they spent
Lisa McCarthy
4Pinch pennies
Cinnamon Nolan
4keep to our budget/live within our budget
Virginia Dominguez


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
make savings, tighten our belts, cutback


Explanation:
Some further options.

Suerte
Sara

Sara Noss
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Grading comment
Thank you very much for your help...It really helped me. Thanks again.
Notes to answerer
Asker: I quite like 'tighten our belts', many thanks Sara!!!

Asker: At the end, I decided to use tighten our belts, because it fitted better than any other suggestion.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  S Ben Price: I also like "tighten our belts", but "cutback" in this case should be two words.
50 mins
agree  Ventnai
9 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
make do/ be frugal/ spent carefully/ did not quander/waste / economized


Explanation:
My family had to make do/were frugal....., we did not waste/squander/waste......, we economized.

trans4u
Local time: 06:53
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
keep expenses down to the minimum


Explanation:
Another option.

Elizabeth Medina
Local time: 08:53
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for your answer, I don't know if it fits, but I will try it. Thanks.

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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
had to watch what they spent


Explanation:
another option

Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 14:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 67
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
had to --cut corners--


Explanation:
Es lo mas usual

José J. Martínez
United States
Local time: 05:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Pinch pennies


Explanation:
Another option.

In my family, we had to pinch pennies.

29. pinch pennies, to stint on or be frugal or economical with expenditures; economize: I'll have to pinch pennies if I'm going to get through school.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pinch

Pinching Your Pennies - Even if you don't NEED to pinch your pennies, you can still have more than you .... With the right knowledge, shoppers can pinch their pennies and never pay ...
www.pinchingyourpennies.com/CouponIntro.php

Cinnamon Nolan
Spain
Local time: 14:53
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
Notes to answerer
Asker: This sounds great, and I think it goes with the text I am working with, Many Thanks!!!!

Asker: Thanks!!!!

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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
keep to our budget/live within our budget


Explanation:
Just another way of saying it I guess

Virginia Dominguez
Australia
Local time: 22:53
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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