Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Garrotero
English translation:
assistant waiter, guard
Added to glossary by
Pamela Peterson
May 7, 2010 17:34
14 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Garrotero
Spanish to English
Other
Slang
I thougth this meant "bully" or "troublemaker" but the person writing the letter to his manager called himself a "garrotero" when he signed off - see below:
ATTE:
ANTONIO VELAZQUEZ JUAREZ
GARROTERO
Does mean something else? like a job title?
ATTE:
ANTONIO VELAZQUEZ JUAREZ
GARROTERO
Does mean something else? like a job title?
Proposed translations
(English)
5 +1 | assistant waiter |
Nelson Aguillon
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3 +1 | guard, brakeman |
Giovanni Rengifo
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3 | (money)lender |
Robert Copeland
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References
Bus boy |
Joel Pina Diaz
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Proposed translations
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assistant waiter
In parts of Mexico, is an assistant waiter.
Noun garrotero Person Noun «both genders»3 «Slang» assistant waiter
Noun garrotero Person Noun «both genders»3 «Slang» assistant waiter
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Comment: "In this case it actually might have meant "guard" but I don't know for sure. Both definitions are correct. thanks."
+1
8 mins
guard, brakeman
44 mins
(money)lender
Context would need to be seen to answer with any certainty-As stated by Giovanni this could be a guard/brakeman as well.......
Reference comments
4 hrs
Reference:
Bus boy
Garrotero* long ago in Mexico was some one who works on the train (a famous man who was garrotero Gral. Rodolfo Fierro). In effect translation will be guard or brakeman. Today the word is also a normal term describing someone who helps on a restaurant (picking up, washing, cleaning, etc..,) Bus boy.
* En México se llama garroteros a los guardafrenos (también palanqueros y freneros en otros países). Eran los encargados de activar con una palanca los frenos de los distintos vagones, antes de que se inventara el freno neumático que permitió hacerlo centralizadamente. El término sigue utilizándose para designar al miembro de la tripulación de un ferrocarril encargado de labores técnicas auxiliares como asegurar los cambios de vías, el buen funcionamiento de elementos de los vagones, etc.
* En México se llama garroteros a los guardafrenos (también palanqueros y freneros en otros países). Eran los encargados de activar con una palanca los frenos de los distintos vagones, antes de que se inventara el freno neumático que permitió hacerlo centralizadamente. El término sigue utilizándose para designar al miembro de la tripulación de un ferrocarril encargado de labores técnicas auxiliares como asegurar los cambios de vías, el buen funcionamiento de elementos de los vagones, etc.
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