pretendientes

English translation: suitor / admirer

15:20 Apr 9, 2020
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Slang / pretendientes
Spanish term or phrase: pretendientes
Quisiera saber cual seria la palabra correcta en ingles de la palabra pretendiente en el sentido que alguien gusta de una persona.
Por ej: Maria es muy linda y tiene muchos pretendientes.
Delfina Peiti
Argentina
English translation:suitor / admirer
Explanation:
A suitor is a man who has a romantic interest in a woman. It sounds pretty old-fashioned though - "admirer' would be an alternative for a more modern term for it, but in my opinion it's not quite as obvious what an admirer's intent is.
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Christopher Peterson
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suitor / admirer


Explanation:
A suitor is a man who has a romantic interest in a woman. It sounds pretty old-fashioned though - "admirer' would be an alternative for a more modern term for it, but in my opinion it's not quite as obvious what an admirer's intent is.


    https://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=pretendiente
    https://www.dictionary.com/browse/suitor?s=t
Christopher Peterson
United States
Local time: 08:25
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
18 hrs

agree  neilmac: Classic! The other day while walking the dog a neighbour asked me if the little one following us was new and I replied "no, es un pretendiente" (my bitch is in season)... :-)
1 day 4 hrs
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