shoeshiner

English

Etymology

shoe +‎ shiner

Noun

shoeshiner (plural shoeshiners)

1. 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.

Translations

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