"bootblack" meaning in Inglés

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Noun

Forms: bootblack [singular], bootblacks [plural]
Etymology: Compuesto de boot y black.
  1. Limpiabotas, lustrabotas, bolero. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: es-bootblack-en-noun-Zh~3bbr6 Categories (other): EN:Ocupaciones, EN:Términos obsoletos
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (Limpiabotas, lustrabotas, bolero.): boots, shoeblack, shoeshine boy, shoeshine girl, shoeshiner

Inflected forms

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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "EN:Palabras bisílabas",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "EN:Palabras formadas por composición",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "EN:Palabras sin transcripción fonética",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "EN:Sustantivos",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Inglés",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compuesto de boot y black.",
  "extra_sounds": {
    "longitud silábica": "bisílaba",
    "pronunciación": "falta agregar"
  },
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bootblack",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bootblacks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Inglés",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Sustantivo",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "EN:Ocupaciones",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "EN:Términos obsoletos",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "George Orwell. Homage to Catalonia. Página 5. Editorial: The Beacon Press. Boston.",
          "text": "Every shop and cafe had an inscription saying that it had been collectivized; even the bootblacks had been collectivized and their boxes painted red and black.",
          "translation": "Toda tienda y cafetería mostraba un cartel que decía que había sido colectivizado; se había colectivizado incluso a los limpiabotas y sus cajones se habían pintado de rojo y negro."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Limpiabotas, lustrabotas, bolero."
      ],
      "id": "es-bootblack-en-noun-Zh~3bbr6",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Ocupaciones"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "Limpiabotas, lustrabotas, bolero.",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "boots"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Limpiabotas, lustrabotas, bolero.",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "shoeblack"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Limpiabotas, lustrabotas, bolero.",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "shoeshine boy"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Limpiabotas, lustrabotas, bolero.",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "shoeshine girl"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Limpiabotas, lustrabotas, bolero.",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "shoeshiner"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bootblack"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "EN:Palabras bisílabas",
    "EN:Palabras formadas por composición",
    "EN:Palabras sin transcripción fonética",
    "EN:Sustantivos",
    "Inglés"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compuesto de boot y black.",
  "extra_sounds": {
    "longitud silábica": "bisílaba",
    "pronunciación": "falta agregar"
  },
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bootblack",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bootblacks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Inglés",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Sustantivo",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "EN:Ocupaciones",
        "EN:Términos obsoletos"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "George Orwell. Homage to Catalonia. Página 5. Editorial: The Beacon Press. Boston.",
          "text": "Every shop and cafe had an inscription saying that it had been collectivized; even the bootblacks had been collectivized and their boxes painted red and black.",
          "translation": "Toda tienda y cafetería mostraba un cartel que decía que había sido colectivizado; se había colectivizado incluso a los limpiabotas y sus cajones se habían pintado de rojo y negro."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Limpiabotas, lustrabotas, bolero."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "Ocupaciones"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "Limpiabotas, lustrabotas, bolero.",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "boots"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Limpiabotas, lustrabotas, bolero.",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "shoeblack"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Limpiabotas, lustrabotas, bolero.",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "shoeshine boy"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Limpiabotas, lustrabotas, bolero.",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "shoeshine girl"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Limpiabotas, lustrabotas, bolero.",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "shoeshiner"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bootblack"
}

Download raw JSONL data for bootblack meaning in Inglés (1.6kB)

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