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cadging

/ˈkædʒɪŋ/

cadgingnoun

Traduzioni

quémandageAction de quémander ou d’obtenir quelque chose en importunant autrui.

His constant cadging for cigarettes annoyed his friends.

Son quémandage constant de cigarettes agaçait ses amis.

Traduzioni aggiuntive

mendicitéPlus général; utilisé surtout pour l’idée de demander de l’argent ou de la nourriture.

Definizioni

The act of obtaining something, such as food or money, by begging or imposing on others.

His constant cadging for cigarettes annoyed his friends.

Sinonimi

cadginggerund / present participle

/ˈkædʒɪŋ/

Used attributively to describe someone or something that is habitually begging or seeking to obtain things from others.

Traduzioni

quémandeurSe dit d’une personne qui quémande habituellement.

She grew tired of his cadging requests for spare change.

Elle en eut assez de ses demandes quémandeuses de monnaie.

Traduzioni aggiuntive

qui quémandeTour plus descriptif, naturel selon le contexte.

Definizioni

Habitually begging for or trying to obtain something for free from others.

She grew tired of his cadging requests for spare change.

cadgeverb

cadging

ing-form

cadged

Past Simple

cadged

Past Participle

cadging

ing-form

/kædʒ/

Traduzioni

gratterFamilier : obtenir quelque chose en demandant avec insistance ou en profitant de la générosité de quelqu’un.

He managed to cadge a free meal from the restaurant owner.

Il a réussi à gratter un repas gratuit au propriétaire du restaurant.

Traduzioni aggiuntive

mendierPour demander quelque chose avec insistance ; emploi un peu plus neutre que « gratter ».

Definizioni

To ask for or obtain something to which one is not strictly entitled.

He managed to cadge a free meal from the restaurant owner.

Sinonimi

cadgenoun

Definizioni

A portable frame or perch on which hawks are carried in falconry (archaic).

The falconer rested the goshawk on a cadge while adjusting its jesses.