English → Tetun
greedy
kaan-teen; matan
Example sentences
"Once upon a time, we were very greedy.
"Iha tempu uluk, ita araska tebe-tebes.
How come a greedy woman ends up marrying a good man like Melki!
Feto karak-teen hola loos mane ida di'ak hanesan Melki ne'e!
Lita is very greedy. She will not share her mangoes with others.
Mana Lita kaan-teen loos, nia sei la fahe nia haas ba ema seluk.
Examples from the 46,000-sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.
Phrases using “greedy”
- How come a greedy woman ends up marrying a good man like Melki!Feto karak-teen hola loos mane ida di'ak hanesan Melki ne'e!
- Lita is very greedy. She will not share her mangoes with others.Mana Lita kaan-teen loos, nia sei la fahe nia haas ba ema seluk.
- This teacher is greedy. Only if we give money does he give us good marks.Mestre ne'e matan osan; ita fó osan mak nia fó valór di'ak.