Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Pregoneros
English translation:
hawkers
Added to glossary by
Yasutomo Kanazawa
Mar 13, 2009 06:36
15 yrs ago
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Spanish term
New Zealand
Since 1994. MA in translation.
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, German to Spanish, and 5 more.
Pregoneros
Spanish to English
Marketing
Advertising / Public Relations
Tengo unos WALKERS que he estado negociando con [xxxx]. Es un promotor con un letrero como de cuerpo entero. Pero se demora más ya que no son pregoneros.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | hawkers |
Yasutomo Kanazawa
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| 5 | barkers or criers |
Deborah Workman
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| 3 +1 | Sandwich board advertisers |
Edward Tully
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| 4 | sandwich board walkers |
bigedsenior
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Change log
Mar 18, 2009 04:11: Yasutomo Kanazawa Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Japan
Works in field
Japan
Scientia est potentia
Native in: Japanese 
Works in: English to Japanese, German to Japanese, Italian to Japanese, and 3 more.
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7
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hawkers
I think pregoneros here means "hawkers" (a salesman who go from door to door).
Peer comment(s):
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neilmac
: Sorry sir, this somewhat Dickensian word is no longer in common use.
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Bubo Coroman (X)
: neilmac should do the same search as I did: Resultados 1 - 10 de aproximadamente 42.300 de "street hawkers"
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Thank you, Deborah. You've cheered me up. I was in doubt whether the term "hawker" is obsolete or not.
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Edward Tully
Native in English
Works in field
Because your words matter
Native in: English (Variants: US, UK)
Works in: Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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104
Sandwich board advertisers
another option!
Business item - [ Traducir esta página ]In Spain, the mayor of Madrid recently sought to ban sandwich-board advertisers, saying they were unsightly and beneath the dignity of workers. ...
mobile.orlandosentinel.com/inf/infomo?view=business_item&feed:a=sentinel_1min&feed:c...feed:i... - 11k - En caché - Páginas similares
Kanji-A-Day.com - Learn Japanese Free - [ Traducir esta página ]traditional Japanese band of sandwich board advertisers. はにかみ屋 · はにかみや, shy; a very shy person. ステーキ屋. ステーキや. steak house ...
www.kanji-a-day.com/dictionary/kanji-detail.php?id=130 - 19k - En caché - Páginas similares
Business item - [ Traducir esta página ]In Spain, the mayor of Madrid recently sought to ban sandwich-board advertisers, saying they were unsightly and beneath the dignity of workers. ...
mobile.orlandosentinel.com/inf/infomo?view=business_item&feed:a=sentinel_1min&feed:c...feed:i... - 11k - En caché - Páginas similares
Kanji-A-Day.com - Learn Japanese Free - [ Traducir esta página ]traditional Japanese band of sandwich board advertisers. はにかみ屋 · はにかみや, shy; a very shy person. ステーキ屋. ステーキや. steak house ...
www.kanji-a-day.com/dictionary/kanji-detail.php?id=130 - 19k - En caché - Páginas similares
Peer comment(s):
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neilmac
: Ya, "town criers" is a bit olde worlde too:-) Have a good Fallero weekend!
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Many thanks Neil, have a good one too! ;-)
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sandwich board walkers
I should thing you would want to retain the "walker" part.
Noun, 1. sandwich board - signboard consisting of two hinged boards that hang front and back from the shoulders of a walker and are used to display ...
www.thefreedictionary.com/sandwich board
Noun, 1. sandwich board - signboard consisting of two hinged boards that hang front and back from the shoulders of a walker and are used to display ...
www.thefreedictionary.com/sandwich board
1 day 15 hrs
Deborah Workman
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
Telecom/new media tech, law, bus, mktg
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, French to English, and 1 more.
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4
barkers or criers
Hawkers may be barkers and criers but they don't have to be. Barkers and criers definitely call out.
pregonero: auctioneer, barker, crier, tout
http://www.mydictionary.net/spanish/pregonero.html
crier: a peddler who shouts to advertise the goods he sells
http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
barker: various at http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=define:ba...
pregonero: auctioneer, barker, crier, tout
http://www.mydictionary.net/spanish/pregonero.html
crier: a peddler who shouts to advertise the goods he sells
http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
barker: various at http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=define:ba...
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