Limpiabotas in english
Shiner
pronunciation: ʃaɪnɜr part of speech: noun
pronunciation: ʃaɪnɜr part of speech: noun
In gestures
limpiabotas = shoeshine ; shoe-shiner ; shiner ; boot-black.
Example: There are poems in the voices of a variety of characters, including those of a piano-tuner's wife, a steeplejack, and a shoeshine.Example: Shoe-shiners in London are defying the credit crisis and reporting a surge in trade.Example: Though in Chile, I'm told, in most train and bus stations there are shiners who work for a dollar or two, and they really know how to do it.Example: On arrival in Algiers we were besieged by boot-blacks and street gamins whenever we stopped to inquire the way.more:
» de limpiabotas = boot-blacking .
Example: Percy gazed blankly after the retreating car, and then made his way to a boot-blacking stand.