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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

vendedor ambulante de comida

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ben.deˈðoɾ am.buˈlan.te de koˈmi.ða

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Street food vendor/ˈstriːt fuːd ˈven.dər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El vendedor ambulante de comida preparaba tacos deliciosos en la esquina."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who sells ready-to-eat food or beverages from a portable stall, cart, truck, or tabletop setup on public sidewalks or streets.

    "The street food vendor served piping hot dumplings to hungry commuters rushing home from work."
  2. 2

    An independent culinary micro-merchant operating primarily in open-air markets or public thoroughfares.

    "Local regulations for a street food vendor often include strict hygiene inspections and specialized permits."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'street' (from Old English strǣt, ultimately from Latin strata), 'food' (from Old English fōda, of Germanic origin), and 'vendor' (derived from Late Latin vendere via Anglo-Norman French). It emerged in modern urban contexts to describe micro-entrepreneurs who prepare and sell ready-to-eat meals or refreshments from portable stalls, carts, or trucks in public spaces.

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🇫🇷French → English

vendeur de rue

Transliteration: vɑ̃.dœʁ də ʁy

"Le vendeur de rue préparait des crêpes fraîches au coin de l'avenue."

🇩🇪German → English

Straßenverkäufer

Transliteration: ˈʃtʁaːsn̩fɛɐ̯ˌkɔɪ̯fɐ

"Der Straßenverkäufer bot köstliche Bratwurst an seinem Stand an."

🇮🇹Italian → English

ambulante

Transliteration: am.buˈlan.te

"L'ambulante vendeva panini caldi ai turisti affamati."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

vendedor ambulante de comida

Transliteration: ben.deˈðoɾ am.buˈlan.te de koˈmi.ða

"El vendedor ambulante de comida preparaba tacos deliciosos en la esquina."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

ambulante de comida de rua

Transliteration: ã.buˈlãn.tʃi dʒi kuˈmi.dɐ dʒi ˈʁu.ɐ

"O ambulante de comida de rua vendía pasteis quentinhos."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

स्ट्रीट फ़ूड विक्रेता

Transliteration: street food vikreta

"स्ट्रीट फ़ूड विक्रेता ने ग्राहकों को स्वादिष्ट गोलगप्पे खिलाए।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

街头小贩

Transliteration: jiētóu xiǎofàn

"街头小贩在夜市里叫卖着各种美味小吃。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

길거리 음식 노점상

Transliteration: gilgeori eumsik nojemsang

"길거리 음식 노점상이 따뜻한 떡볶이를 팔고 있었다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

露天商

Transliteration: roten-shō

"その露天商は美味しいたこ焼きを作っていました。"

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