economize
transitive or intransitive verb
economizar
EN It had never occurred to me until that moment that there was any need to economize them, and I had wasted almost half the box in astonishing the Upper-worlders, to whom fire was a novelty.
GL Nunca se me ocorrera, ata ese momento, que houbese ningunha necesidade de economizalos; e desperdiciara case media caixa asombrando ós habitantes do Mundo Superior, para os que o lume era unha novidade.
Fonte: TEM (1201)
aforrar
EN Very soon I had a choking smoky fire of green wood and dry sticks, and could economize my camphor.
GL Logo conseguín un lume furioso e fumegante de leña verde e paos secos, e puiden aforra-lo alcanfor.
Fonte: TEM (1599)
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