shoeshiner

English

shoeshiner (plural shoeshiners)

A person who shines shoes and other footwear, usually for a fee.
Synonyms: bootblack, shoeblack, shoeshine boy
- 2012, E. Bueno, Amácio Mazzaropi in the Film and Culture of Brazil:
  Finally, with the help of a group of shoeshiners, everything is clarified, the police arrest the criminals; Arlindo is set free.

person who shines shoes

Bulgarian: ваксаджия (vaksadžija)
Catalan: enllustrador de sabates m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 擦鞋工 (cāxiégōng)
Danish: skopudser (da) c
Finnish: kengänkiillottaja (fi)
French: cireur de chaussures m, cireuse de chaussures f, cireur de bottes m, cireuse de bottes f, cireur (fr) m, cireuse (fr) f
German: Schuhputzer (de) m, Schuhputzerin (de) f
Greek: λούστρος (el) m (loústros)
Italian: lustrascarpe (it) m
Japanese: 靴磨き (くつみがき, kutsumigaki)
Polish: pucybut (pl) m, czyścibut (pl) m
Portuguese: engraxate (pt) m or f
Romanian: lustragiu (ro) m, văcsuitor (ro) m, văcsuitoare f
Russian: чи́стильщик сапо́г m (čístilʹščik sapóg), чи́стильщик о́буви m (čístilʹščik óbuvi)
Spanish: lustrabotas
Swedish: skoputsare (sv) c
Tagalog: limpyabota
Turkish: ayakakbı boyacısı, lostracı (tr)
Ukrainian: чисти́льник взуття (čystýlʹnyk vzuttja)
Volapük: (♂♀) jukilekluinan, (♂) jukihilekluinan, (♀) jukijilekluinan

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