Entrepreneur or Businesswoman/Businessman?
What's the basic difference between "Entrepreneur" and "Businessman/Businesswoman"? What would be the most common equivalent words used in Spanish? I can tell that in the SpanishDict dictionary "Entrepreneur" translates as "Empresario" and "Businesswoman/Businessman" as "Mujer/Hombre de Negocios". In Portuguese we use "Empreendedor" for someone who creates their own job and makes make money by themself, often related to a very small business or independent work, and we use "Empresário" for someone who runs a relatively big business, often hiring people. I've been trying to find a term close to "Empreendedor" in Spanish, in fact, I was never crossed by any term that could have the same or close meaning. Would "Empreendedor" mean the same as "Entrepreneur"? What would be the equivalent Spanish term? And What about "Businessman/Businesswoman"?
2 Answers
Emprendedor./Emprendedora.
Se entiende muy bien la palabra francesa entrepreneur.
My view is business man can include an entrepreneur which was/is a French word now used in English.An entrepreneur starts an enterprise or business using flair and enthusiasm and usually with some financial risk. In the UK Richard Branson who has multiple business is refered to as an entrepreneur.
I rate Notes in Spanish and they did a podcast about business Gold 2 Episode1
Here is a link to the audio:
The explanation they give is: emprendedora - entrepreneur,starter of a business empresario - owner of business or part of it, but may not have created it.
