chi si accontenta gode

Spanish translation: Hace buena cuenta quien con lo suyo se contenta.

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Italian term or phrase:chi si accontenta gode
Spanish translation:Hace buena cuenta quien con lo suyo se contenta.
Entered by: dwarfcrusher

15:56 Aug 9, 2006
Italian to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Proverbio
Italian term or phrase: chi si accontenta gode
En este momento solo se me ocurre "el dinero no da la felicidad"...pero habrá algo mejor seguro...

Muchas gracias ;·)
dwarfcrusher
Local time: 14:25
Hace buena cuenta quien con lo suyo se contenta.
Explanation:
no es idéntico pero creo que puede servir

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Note added at 37 mins (2006-08-09 16:34:51 GMT) Post-grading
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Pude confirmar el equivalente en inglés:

<chi si accontenta gode (Proverbio) =
well pleased is well served>.

Selected response from:

Angelo Berbotto
Australia
Local time: 22:25
Grading comment
Grazie tantissime Angelo ;·)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +2Hace buena cuenta quien con lo suyo se contenta.
Angelo Berbotto


  

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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Hace buena cuenta quien con lo suyo se contenta.


Explanation:
no es idéntico pero creo que puede servir

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Note added at 37 mins (2006-08-09 16:34:51 GMT) Post-grading
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Pude confirmar el equivalente en inglés:

<chi si accontenta gode (Proverbio) =
well pleased is well served>.



Angelo Berbotto
Australia
Local time: 22:25
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Grazie tantissime Angelo ;·)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Matteo Ghislieri: Bravo Angelo!
14 mins
  -> grazie, Matteo

agree  Maria Assunta Puccini: wow! :-)
1 day 15 hrs
  -> grazie!
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