o barato sai caro
Portuguese
FWOTD – 14 January 2017
Etymology
Literally: "cheap [things] turn out expensive".
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /u ba.ˈɾa.tu ˈsaj ˈka.ɾu/
Proverb
- cheap objects or solutions can end up being expensive, because they don’t last as long, require high maintenance or are inefficient
- 2010, Walberto Fernandes, Quebrando barreiras em vendas, Schoba, page 90:
- Quem nunca passou a experiência do “o barato sai caro”?
- Who never went through the experience of “cheap turning out to be expensive”?
- Quem nunca passou a experiência do “o barato sai caro”?
- 2010, Walberto Fernandes, Quebrando barreiras em vendas, Schoba, page 90:
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