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transmigrante

transmigrante

9.9
A person who buys used goods in the United States to sell in Latin America
  • noun
  • /trænˈsmɪɡrənt/
  • US
: transmigrante
  • Many transmigrantes drive trucks filled with merchandise across the Texas-Mexico border each year.

Examples

  • Local authorities set up special lanes for transmigrantes transporting goods to Central America.

  • The boom in used car exports created new opportunities for transmigrante businesses.

  • The transmigrante arrived in Miami last week.

  • Many transmigrantes travel between the U.S. and Latin America.

  • Local authorities set up special lanes for transmigrantes transporting goods to Central America.

  • Many transmigrantes drive trucks filled with merchandise across the Texas-Mexico border each year.

  • The boom in used car exports created new opportunities for transmigrante businesses.

Synonyms

exporter
vstransmigrante
30 2.7

A person or company that sells and sends goods to another country

buys goods in one country then carries them into their own market
importer
vstransmigrante
24 3.3

A person or company that brings goods into a country to sell them

does this informally as an individual buying used items abroad
customer agent
vstransmigrante
1 5.4

A person or business in another country who buys goods to sell in their market

also transports used items back to their home country personally

Surface Forms

transmigrante singular
transmigrantes plural

Morphology

transmigrante = transmigrant (semi-transparent) = trans + migrant + e

Formally analyzable as 'trans-' + 'migrant' but the specific, community-based sense (cross-border reseller of used goods) is specialized and not fully predictable from the components.

Etymology

Transmigrante comes from Spanish parts trans- 'across' and migrante 'migrant', and it shares the same root as English migrate. So, a transmigrante is someone who moves goods across the border to sell them in their home country.