Tiburon Inmobiliario

English translation: real estate shark // property shark

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Spanish term or phrase:Tiburon Inmobiliario
English translation:real estate shark // property shark
Entered by: Lydia De Jorge

05:23 May 28, 2020
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Real Estate / Real Estate and Architecture marketing trends
Spanish term or phrase: Tiburon Inmobiliario
Esty traducindo el CV de un arquitecto donde mencionan una conferencia de tendencias de la arquitectura y del medjio inmobiliario, la cual fue moderada por un Tiburon Inmobiliario.
lopatita
real estate shark // property shark
Explanation:
www.hgtv.com › Lifestyle › Real Estate
From stars you might not have known were dedicated flippers (Diane Keaton) to celebs who have started second careers in real estate (A-Rod), HGTV.com ...

PropertyShark - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org › wiki › PropertyShark
PropertyShark is a real estate website that provides in-depth data for approximately 90 million properties in New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area ...

Bashed by Shark Tank, Tycoon Real Estate is Acquired by ...www.crowdfundinsider.com › 2015/11 › 77008-bashe...
Nov 8, 2015 - “There is a larger awareness of real estate crowdfunding thanks to the Shark Tank episode featuring Tycoon,” said Jason Fritton, CEO of Patch ...


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Note added at 13 mins (2020-05-28 05:36:46 GMT)
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Big trend in the US.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PropertyShark
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Lydia De Jorge
United States
Local time: 03:30
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5Real Estate tycoon
Sergio Kot
4 +3real estate shark // property shark
Lydia De Jorge
3 +2Real Estate Expert
Jane Martin
3estate agency business shark / property tycoon
Lisa Rosengard
3(US) Realty / Real Estate Guru
Adrian MM.
2Real estate (property)wonk
neilmac


Discussion entries: 8





  

Answers


9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Real Estate Expert


Explanation:
This is an interesting one. It appears that Tiburones can have positive connotations in Spanish:

Los Tiburones Inmobiliarios son expertos en diferentes rubros del mercado inmobiliario nacional e internacional y en este espacio disruptivo provocarán una catarsis en tu forma de hacer negocios en bienes raíces.
https://www.lamudi.com.mx/tiburones-inmobiliarios-cdmx/

Whereas in English a 'real estate shark' is not so positive.

I have failed to come up with another word for expert that refers to fish or even animals. Let's see if anyone else can.

Jane Martin
Local time: 08:30
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 25

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michael Grabczan-Grabowski: According to rae.es, tiburón has negative connotations in Spanish as well. I can't help but think it's something like the English word hustler, which is spun into a positive term in some circles. I think expert works fine, though.
12 mins

agree  neilmac: "Shark" is still pejorative where I come from (cf. pool shark), so I'd go for this, which isn't.
2 hrs
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
real estate shark // property shark


Explanation:
www.hgtv.com › Lifestyle › Real Estate
From stars you might not have known were dedicated flippers (Diane Keaton) to celebs who have started second careers in real estate (A-Rod), HGTV.com ...

PropertyShark - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org › wiki › PropertyShark
PropertyShark is a real estate website that provides in-depth data for approximately 90 million properties in New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area ...

Bashed by Shark Tank, Tycoon Real Estate is Acquired by ...www.crowdfundinsider.com › 2015/11 › 77008-bashe...
Nov 8, 2015 - “There is a larger awareness of real estate crowdfunding thanks to the Shark Tank episode featuring Tycoon,” said Jason Fritton, CEO of Patch ...


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Note added at 13 mins (2020-05-28 05:36:46 GMT)
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Big trend in the US.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PropertyShark

Lydia De Jorge
United States
Local time: 03:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 46

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Myriam Moreno Hijazo
3 hrs
  -> Thanks!

neutral  AllegroTrans: Would you put this in a CV? where I live it's a perjorative term implying dishonest dealing
6 hrs
  -> https://marketing.homes.com/real-estate-shark-barbara-corcor...

agree  Taña Dalglish: In thing in US now: https://www.miamirealestatesharks.com/ (Miami Real Estate Sharks-D. Elliman). For a US audience-acceptable! Do not agree w/Allegro. Another is mogul. https://www.noradarealestate.com/blog/how-to-become-a-real-e...
15 hrs
  -> Muy agradecida!

agree  Adrian MM.: OK for the US and speculatively for Canada, but not for the UK, except Lopatita doesn't mention the target-audience or (her) own country of operation.
1 day 8 hrs
  -> True. Thanks.
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Real Estate tycoon


Explanation:
My take. Countless hits in search engines.

Example sentence(s):
  • "Donald Trump is a true Real Estate Tycoon"
Sergio Kot
Israel
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in HebrewHebrew, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jessica Noyes
6 hrs
  -> Thanks Jessica!

agree  Andrea Sacchi
7 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias compatriota!

agree  AllegroTrans: Or "property tycoon" if for European English
13 hrs
  -> Thanks!

agree  Marcelo González
20 hrs
  -> Gracias MArcelo.

agree  Carolina Barrenechea
1 day 4 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias Carolina.
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
estate agency business shark / property tycoon


Explanation:
'Tiburón' means 'shark' while 'inmobiliario' is about property and estate agencies.

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Note added at 1 day 4 hrs (2020-05-29 10:03:45 GMT)
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Below is a copy of the phrase in Spanish at the top with its meaning in English:
"El CV de un arquitecto menciona una conferencia de tendencias de la arquitectura y del medijo inmobiaiario, la cual fue moderadada de un Tiburón Inmobiliario."
"An architect's CV mentions a conference run on the architectural market and on property media, which was moderated by a property manager."

Lisa Rosengard
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:30
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 7

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  AllegroTrans: both of these have already been suggested; proper etiquette on this site is to post an agree to them (if you agree, of course), not to simply repeat them
4 hrs
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1 day 8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
(US) Realty / Real Estate Guru


Explanation:
Guru - of realty vs. reaility shows - is possibly an 'offshore English' term that understandable Transatlantically, on the Bort. Isles as well as Down Under.

A Svengali - with its connotations of negative influence and topically in the UK Press at the mo with ref. to a 'controversial' top Brexit & Lockdown adviser of the Prime Minister - is better avoided.


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Note added at 1 day 8 hrs (2020-05-29 13:56:15 GMT)
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...that is understandable Transatlantically, on the Brit. Isles....

Example sentence(s):
  • The Gurus Of Real Estate: Home

    Reference: http://theregurus.com/
Adrian MM.
Austria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 50
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
Real estate (property)wonk


Explanation:
If we are going to entertain a trumpet worldview - kind of like Bizarro world in the Superman comics, where everything is topsy-turvy and hornswoggling or bamboozling are considered positive - then I might as well throw "wonk" into the ring. It's also a recent coinage.

https://www.tribpub.com/gdpr/mcall.com/

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Note added at 2 days 4 hrs (2020-05-30 10:17:21 GMT)
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OK, a less jokey suggestion (and with fewer negative connotations) could be WIZARD, as in "real estate wizard":
"...partnering with brilliant real estate wizard George Soros..."

Example sentence(s):
  • Donald Trump is referred to as a real estate wonk.
  • In property wonk parlance, we believed that there had been a material change

    https://books.google.es/books?id=mpu5DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT128&lpg=PT128&dq=%22real+estate+wonk%22&source=bl&ots=woc2ZYI-D8&sig=ACfU3U19G84u4zkLhqfG
    https://www.pinterest.com/pin/521784306805990047/
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 09:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 48

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  AllegroTrans: would you put this term in a CV?
3 hrs
  -> Haha, no, but I wouldn't put "shark" either :-)
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