Translation for "paltriness" to spanish

Paltriness

noun

• mezquindad

Translation examples

mezquindad noun

Well, paltriness implies insignificance... but really it's your lack of age that shouldn't hamper you... from achieving your goals.
Verás, mezquindad quiere decir insignificancia... cuando es tu falta de años la que no debe imposibilitarte... para lograr tus metas.

The paltriness of these sexual struggles.
¡Qué mezquindad la de estas luchas sexuales!

They were ready to roll the old wheel into the ditch when they saw you." "I ignore such paltriness," said Cugel.
Pensaban arrojar la vieja al canal cuando te vieron. —Estoy por encima de tales mezquindades —dijo Cugel—.

The paltriness of conventional denial was so apparent to him that even if it could have delayed discovery he could no longer have resorted to it.
La mezquindad de una negativa convencional le resultaba tan evidente que, incluso si hubiera podido retrasar aquel descubrimiento, no habría sido capaz de recurrir a ella.

He set himself to explaining to her that, when all was said and done, the aspect of death conferred on the lives of these men something of the eternal, because its very grandeur raised them above paltry things and the petty meanness of life.
Se esforzó por explicarle que, a fin de cuentas, la dimensión de su muerte adjudicaba algo eterno a la vida de nuestro hombre del Norte, porque tal dimensión, sin barreras ni fronteras, le ayudaba a elevarse sobre las pequeñeces y mezquindades cotidianas.

John Yule naturally suspected what went on behind the scenes; on one occasion—since Amy's marriage—he had involuntarily overheard a dialogue between his mother and a servant on the point of departing which made even him feel ashamed. But from Amy every paltriness and meanness had always been concealed with the utmost care;
John Yule barruntaba lo que ocurría detrás del escenario: en cierta ocasión —después del matrimonio de Amy— había oído sin querer una conversación entre su madre y un criado al que habían despedido, que le había avergonzado incluso a él, pero a Amy le había ocultado con el mayor cuidado todas sus miserias y mezquindades;