Ali's grandpa was a shoeshiner.
Source: tatoeba (8804484)
Shoeshiner
Synonyms for "shoeshiner" (8 found)
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Related words (4)
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1 entriesderived from
2 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
39 translations across 24 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- مَاسِح أَحْذِيَة noun (person who shines shoes)
- مَاسِح الْأَحْذِيَة noun (person who shines shoes)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ваксаджи́я noun (person who shines shoes)
Catalan
1 entries- enllustrador de sabates noun (person who shines shoes)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 擦鞋工 noun (person who shines shoes)
Danish
1 entries- skopudser noun (person who shines shoes)
Finnish
1 entries- kengänkiillottaja noun (person who shines shoes)
French
4 entries- cireur noun (person who shines shoes)
- cireur de bottes noun (person who shines shoes)
- cireur de chaussures noun (person who shines shoes)
- cireuse noun (person who shines shoes)
German
2 entries- Schuhputzer noun (person who shines shoes)
- Schuhputzerin noun (person who shines shoes)
Greek
1 entries- λούστρος noun (person who shines shoes)
Icelandic
1 entries- skóburstari noun (person who shines shoes)
Italian
1 entries- lustrascarpe noun (person who shines shoes)
Japanese
1 entries- 靴磨き noun (person who shines shoes)
Korean
1 entries- 구두닦이 noun (person who shines shoes)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- لوستروجی noun (person who shines shoes)
Polish
2 entries- czyścibut noun (person who shines shoes)
- pucybut noun (person who shines shoes)
Portuguese
1 entries- engraxate noun (person who shines shoes)
Romanian
3 entries- lustragiu noun (person who shines shoes)
- văcsuitoare noun (person who shines shoes)
- văcsuitor noun (person who shines shoes)
Russian
2 entries- чи́стильщик о́буви noun (person who shines shoes)
- чи́стильщик сапо́г noun (person who shines shoes)
Spanish
1 entries- lustrabotas noun (person who shines shoes)
Swedish
1 entries- skoputsare noun (person who shines shoes)
Tagalog
1 entries- limpyabota noun (person who shines shoes)
Turkish
3 entries- ayakkabı boyacısı noun (person who shines shoes)
- boyacı noun (person who shines shoes)
- lostracı noun (person who shines shoes)
Ukrainian
1 entries- чисти́льник взуття́ noun (person who shines shoes)
Volapük
3 entries- jukihilekluinan noun (person who shines shoes)
- jukijilekluinan noun (person who shines shoes)
- jukilekluinan noun (person who shines shoes)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Maelo was born in Santurce, the largest neighborhood in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1931. He worked as a shoeshiner and construction worker while playing music. He began playing percussion for Conjunto Monterrey de Munchito Muley in 1948 before singing with the Orquesta Panamericana in 1952. Maelo was the lead singer for Cortijo y su Combo from 1954 to 1962, performing music like bomba and plena with Rafael Cortijo on radio and television. These were Afro Puerto Rican musical genres, and Maelo was the first Black singer to appear singing on national television in Puerto Rico.
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Finally, with the help of a group of shoeshiners, everything is clarified, the police arrest the criminals; Arlindo is set free.
Source: wiktionary
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