peón

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peón
masculine noun
1unskilled laborer (obrero)
  • peón caminero -> roadworker, navvy (British)
2pawn (en ajedrez)
3(spinning) top (peonza)

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peón [pay-on']
noun
1Pedestrian. (m)
2Day-laborer. (m)
  • Peón de albañil -> hodman
3Foot-soldier. (m)
4Top, spinning-top (peonza), humming-top. (m)
5In prosody, a foot of four syllables, three short and one long. (m)
6Pawn in chess (ajedrez); man, in draughts. (m)

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peón
sustantivo:masculino
1 (Técnica) labourer; laborer; (EEUU) especialmente (Latinoamérica) (Agr) farm labourer; farmhand; (Taur) assistant; (México) (aprendiz) apprentice; (ayudante) assistant
peón caminero navvy; roadmender
peón de albañil bricklayer's mate
2 (Ajedrez) pawn
3 (Mil) (Hist) infantryman; foot-soldier
4 (peonza) spinning top
5 (Mecánica) spindle; shaft

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