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custom

la costumbre

a medida

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custom(

)

1. (tradition)

a. la costumbre

Our custom is to have turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.Nuestra costumbre es comer pavo para la cena de Acción de Gracias.

2. (habit)

a. la costumbre

He has a custom of wearing sneakers with his business suit.Tiene la costumbre de usar zapatos deportivos con su traje de negocios.

3. (patronage) (United Kingdom)

a. la clientela

A successful business seeks to retain its best custom.Un negocio exitoso busca retener a su mejor clientela.

4. (personalized)

a. a medida

I ordered a custom suit from a tailor on Main Street.Pedí un traje a medida de un sastre en la calle Main.

b. a la medida

A custom logo will impress more potential customers than a pre-made one.Un logotipo a la medida va a impresionar a más clientes potenciales que uno prefabricado.

customs

5. (agency)

a. la aduana

It took a long time to get through customs because only one officer was working.Nos tardamos mucho en pasar aduana porque solo había un oficial trabajando.

She was detained for a half an hour in customs while they investigated her merchandise.Fue detenida en la aduana por una media hora mientras investigaban su mercancía.

6. (tax)

a. el derecho de aduana

You may bring up to $1,000 in merchandise across the border without having to pay customs.Se puede llevar hasta $1,000 en mercancía por la frontera sin tener que pagar el derecho de aduana.

custom

1. (tradition, practice)

a. la costumbre

it was his custom to rise earlytenía la costumbre de levantarse temprano

2. (commerce)

a. la clientela

to lose somebody's customperder a alguien como cliente

to take one's custom elsewherecomprar en otra parte

custom [ˈkʌstəm]

noun

1 (habit, usual behaviour) costumbre (f)

social customs costumbres (f) sociales; it is her custom to go for a walk each evening tiene la costumbre de or tiene por costumbre dar un paseo cada tarde; acostumbra or suele dar un paseo cada tarde

2 (Comm) clientela (f); (total sales) caja (f); ventas (f)

to attract custom atraer clientela; to get sb's custom ganar la clientela de algn; we've not had much custom today hoy hemos tenido pocos clientes; the shop has lost a lot of custom la tienda ha perdido muchos clientes

customs

modifier

especially (US)

custom-built custom-made

customs [ˈkʌstəmz]

plural noun

aduana (f);(also customs duty) derechos (m) de aduana

to go through (the) customs pasar por la aduana; Customs and Excise (Britain) Aduanas (f) y Arbitrios

modifier

customs clearance (n) despacho (m) aduanero

customs declaration (n) declaración (f) aduanera

customs house (n) aduana (f)

customs inspection (n) inspección (f) de aduanas

customs inspector (n) inspectorainspectora (m) (f) de aduanas;a inspectora aduaneroaaduanera (m) (f);a aduanera

customs invoice (n) factura (f) de aduana

customs officer (n) oficial (m) de aduanas; vista (m) (de aduanas); aduaneroaaduanera (m) (f);a aduanera

customs post (n) puesto (m) aduanero

Customs Service (n) (US) aduana (f); servicio (m) aduanero

Phrases with "custom"

Here are the most popular phrases with "custom." Click the phrases to see the full entry.

custom-made		personalizado, hecho a medida
a custom OS can cause critical problems		un SO personalizado puede ocasionar problemas críticos
custom OS		SO personalizado

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