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m.1 unskilled laborer, labourer, laborer, day laborer.2 pawn, chess pawn.3 farm-hand, ranch hand.4 top, spinning top.5 mine prop.* * *1 (trabajador) unskilled labourer (US laborer)2 (agrícola) farm hand, farm worker3 (en el ajedrez) pawn4 (peonza) top, spinning top\peón caminero road menderpeón de albañil building labourer (US laborer)* * *SM1) (Téc) labourer, laborer (EEUU); esp LAm (Agr) farm labourer, farmhand; (Taur) assistant; Méx (=aprendiz) apprentice; (=ayudante) assistantpeón caminero — navvy, roadmender
2) (Ajedrez) pawn3) (Mil, Hist) infantryman, foot-soldier4) (=peonza) spinning top5) (Mec) spindle, shaft* * *1) (Const) laborer*; (Agr) (esp AmL) agricultural laborer*, farm worker2) ( en ajedrez) pawn; ( en damas) piece, checker (AmE), draughtsman (BrE)* * *= hand, farm worker, labourer [laborer, -USA], jockey, pawn, farmworker [farm worker], farm-hand, farm labourer, harvest hand.Ex. The clicker paid each man according to what he had set, keeping for himself a share equal to that of the most productive hand.Ex. In rural areas, too, great variations in wealth exist side by side, from affluent farmers and landowners on the one hand, to extremely low-paid farm workers on the other.Ex. Special colleges were established offering technical and practical programs for farmers and laborers.Ex. But unless technical staff want to remain in a servant role as mere tool jockeys, they must complete the evolution from craftsperson to professional.Ex. The protagonist becomes a bewildered, horror-stricken pawn in a game of vengeance and betrayal.Ex. School librarians regularly visit farmworkers' labour camps to help with the literacy needs of migrant children.Ex. The agricultural labourer receiving payment in kind was a married farm-hand with a one-year contract and whose wife had the duty to milk the cows morning and night.Ex. Despite these hardships, farm laborers enjoy their work since they like to be outdoors near plants and animals.Ex. So thousands of harvest hands come and go every year like birds of passage.----* peón agrícola = farm labourer, farm worker.* peón caminero = road worker.* * *1) (Const) laborer*; (Agr) (esp AmL) agricultural laborer*, farm worker2) ( en ajedrez) pawn; ( en damas) piece, checker (AmE), draughtsman (BrE)* * *= hand, farm worker, labourer [laborer, -USA], jockey, pawn, farmworker [farm worker], farm-hand, farm labourer, harvest hand.Ex: The clicker paid each man according to what he had set, keeping for himself a share equal to that of the most productive hand.
Ex: In rural areas, too, great variations in wealth exist side by side, from affluent farmers and landowners on the one hand, to extremely low-paid farm workers on the other.Ex: Special colleges were established offering technical and practical programs for farmers and laborers.Ex: But unless technical staff want to remain in a servant role as mere tool jockeys, they must complete the evolution from craftsperson to professional.Ex: The protagonist becomes a bewildered, horror-stricken pawn in a game of vengeance and betrayal.Ex: School librarians regularly visit farmworkers' labour camps to help with the literacy needs of migrant children.Ex: The agricultural labourer receiving payment in kind was a married farm-hand with a one-year contract and whose wife had the duty to milk the cows morning and night.Ex: Despite these hardships, farm laborers enjoy their work since they like to be outdoors near plants and animals.Ex: So thousands of harvest hands come and go every year like birds of passage.* peón agrícola = farm labourer, farm worker.* peón caminero = road worker.* * *A1 ( Const) laborer*Compuestos:(bricklayer's) laborer*, building laborer*bullfighter's assistant ( who draws the bull to the picador)B ( Jueg)2 (trompo) spinning top* * *
peón sustantivo masculino
1 (Const) laborer( conjugate laborer);
(Agr) (esp AmL) agricultural laborer( conjugate laborer), farm worker;
peón caminero road worker
2 ( en ajedrez) pawn;
( en damas) piece, checker (AmE), draughtsman (BrE)
peón sustantivo masculino
1 unskilled labourer o US laborer
2 Ajedrez pawn
' peón' also found in these entries:
English:
farmhand
- labourer
- pawn
- farm
- hand
- laborer
* * *peón nm1. [obrero] unskilled labourerTaurom peón de brega bullfighter's assistant;peón caminero roadworker, Br navvy2. [en granja] farmhand, farm worker3. [en ajedrez] pawn4. [peonza] (spinning) top* * *m1 en ajedrez pawn2 trabajador laborer, Brlabourer* * *1) : laborer, peon2) : pawn (in chess)* * *peón n1. (obrero) labourer2. (en ajedrez) pawn -
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The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > peon
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4 peón
• chess pawn• day laborer• laboratory technician• laborer• laboring• meneal worker• pawky• pawn ticket• peon• unskilled laborer -
5 peon
subst. (botanikk) peony -
6 Peon
Unskilled office helper -
7 peon
messenger boy. -
8 peón de albañil
building labourer (US laborer) -
9 peón caminero
m.road mender, road laborer, road man, road worker.* * *road mender* * ** * *(n.) = road workerEx. Unfortunately, in some countries job advertisements for librarians are still very similar to those of school porters and road workers.* * ** * *(n.) = road workerEx: Unfortunately, in some countries job advertisements for librarians are still very similar to those of school porters and road workers.
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10 peón agrícola
m.farm-hand, agricultural laborer, agricultural labourer.* * *(n.) = farm labourer, farm workerEx. Despite these hardships, farm laborers enjoy their work since they like to be outdoors near plants and animals.Ex. In rural areas, too, great variations in wealth exist side by side, from affluent farmers and landowners on the one hand, to extremely low-paid farm workers on the other.* * *(n.) = farm labourer, farm workerEx: Despite these hardships, farm laborers enjoy their work since they like to be outdoors near plants and animals.
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11 peón albañil
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12 peón agrícola
• agricultural laborer• farm-hand -
13 peón caminero
• ditcher• road construction• road engineering• road hog• road laborer• road labourer• road lights• road making• road man• road map• road traffic• road trial• road worker• road-works• roadbed• roadhouse• roadmender• roadrunner -
14 peón de ajedrez
• chess pawn• pawky• pawn ticket -
15 peón de albańil
• bricklayer's laborer• hocus-pocus• hodge-podge• hodgepodge of inheritance• hoe -
16 peón de campo
• field hand -
17 peón de carga
• stevedore -
18 peón de embarcadero
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19 peón de mano
• hocus-pocus• hodge-podge• hodgepodge of inheritance• hoe• mason's help -
20 peón de pico y pala
• unskilled laborer
См. также в других словарях:
péon — péon … Dictionnaire des rimes
péon — [ peɔ̃ ] n. m. • 1836; esp. peón, lat. pedo, onis « qui a de grands pieds » → 1. pion 1 ♦ Paysan pauvre (qui n a pas de cheval), journalier, manœuvre agricole, pâtre indien en Amérique du Sud. « Des harnachements décorés [...] à l usage des… … Encyclopédie Universelle
peón — sustantivo masculino 1. Obrero que hace un trabajo no especializado: peón de albañil. Trabajo de peón en la construcción. Los constructores buscan peones para arreglar el camino. Los agricultores piden peones para el campo. Los peones tendrán un… … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
Peón — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Peón puede referirse a: Peón, hijo de Endimión: un personaje de la mitología griega. Peón: un tipo de peonza también llamada trompo. Peones: cada una de dichas piezas de los jugadores en ajedrez. Peón: en jerga… … Wikipedia Español
péon — 1. (pé on) s. m. Soldat à pied, dans l Inde. ÉTYMOLOGIE Mot espagnol correspondant au provenç. pezo, peon ; ital. pedone. péon 2. (pé on) s. m. Terme de prosodie ancienne. Pied composé d une longue et de trois brèves diversement combinées, ce… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
peon — 1826, from Mex.Sp. peon agricultural laborer (esp. a debtor held in servitude by his creditor), from Sp. peon day laborer, also pedestrian, originally foot soldier, from M.L. pedonem foot soldier (see PAWN (Cf. pawn) (2)). The word entered… … Etymology dictionary
peon — [pē′än΄, pē′ən; ] for 3, Brit usually [ pyo͞on] n. [< Sp peón or (in PEON sense 2) Port peão, both < ML pedo, foot soldier: see PAWN2] 1. in Spanish America, a) a person of the landless laboring class b) Historical a person forced … English World dictionary
Peon — Pe on, n. [Sp. peon, or Pg. pe?o, one who travels on foot, a foot soldier, a pawn in chess. See {Pawn} in chess.] 1. A foot soldier; a policeman; also, an office attendant; a messenger. [India] [1913 Webster] 2. A day laborer; a servant;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
peón — na ‘Jornalero que desempeña trabajos manuales no especializados’. El femenino es peona (→ género2, 3h): «Las europeas no son como las peonas de tus haciendas» (Herrera Casa [Ven. 1985]). No debe usarse como común en cuanto al género: ⊕ una peón … Diccionario panhispánico de dudas
peon — ► NOUN 1) an unskilled Spanish American worker. 2) (in the Indian subcontinent and SE Asia) a person of low rank. ORIGIN from Portuguese peão and Spanish peón, from Latin pedo walker, foot soldier … English terms dictionary
Peon — Pe on, n. See {Poon}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English