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Tag: comerciante

Definitions tagged comerciante in the street dictionary.

Chatarrero

A person who buys scrap metal, broken appliances, and other junk (In Venezuela, these collectors often drive through neighborhoods in trucks or carts, frequently using loudspeakers to announce they are buying old batteries or metal objects to recycle or resell).

I am going to sell that blender to the Chatarrero.

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Venezuelaby AlexaMedina

Turco

A person from Turkey who works in general trade. (In Venezuela, the term is colloquially applied to anyone of Middle Eastern or Arab descent, particularly merchants and shopkeepers, due to their historical arrival with Ottoman passports.)

That guy is a Turco. I am buddies with the Turco.

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Venezuelaby Mariabarros09

Carero

Someone who overcharges or sells at excessive prices, a price gouger. (A colmado is a small neighborhood grocery store in the Dominican Republic).

The people at that colmado are real careros, they charge 25 for a soda that says 20 on the label.

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