empresario

Definitions of empresario
  1. noun
    a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)
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    arbitrajista
    someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential)
    archipámpano, magnate, potentado, staff
    a very wealthy or powerful businessman
    industrial
    someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise
    amo, dueño, propietario
    (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
    pequeño empresario
    a businessman who runs a business employing less than 100 people
    librero
    the proprietor of a bookstore
    concesionario
    someone who holds or operates a concession
    arrendador
    someone who grants a lease
    patrón
    the proprietor of an inn
    ama, dueña, propietaria
    a woman proprietor
    editor
    the proprietor of a newspaper
    restaurador
    the proprietor of a restaurant
    type of:
    burgués, hombre de negocios
    a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise
  2. noun
    a person or firm that employs workers
    synonyms: amo, patrón
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    empleado
    a worker who is hired to perform a job
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    jefe
    a person responsible for hiring workers
    estafetero
    the person in charge of a post office
    jefe de estación
    the person in charge of a railway station
    type of:
    dirigente, líder
    a person who rules or guides or inspires others
  3. noun
    someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise
    synonyms: industrial
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