shop around

comparar precios, buscar la mejor oferta

Comparar precios u opciones en distintos sitios antes de decidir qué comprar o elegir.

En inglés sencillo: To compare prices or other choices at different places before deciding what to buy or choose.

• Shop around before you buy.
• We shopped around for cheaper car insurance.
• Have you shopped around to compare different builders?

Cómo se usa: shop around for something (Shop around for a better insurance deal.); shop around before doing something (We shopped around before choosing a builder.)

Sinónimos: compare prices, compare options

Expresiones frecuentes: shop around for something, shop around first

comparar opciones

Examinar varias posibilidades antes de decidir cuál se prefiere.

En inglés sencillo: To look at several possible choices before deciding which one you want.

• Shop around before you decide.
• He shopped around for a new tennis coach.
• Are you shopping around for better insurance?

Cómo se usa: shop around for someone/something (She is shopping around for a better employer.)

Sinónimos: look around, compare options

Expresiones frecuentes: shop around, shop around for something

ofrecer a varios compradores

Ofrecer algo a varias personas o empresas esperando que alguna lo acepte o compre.

En inglés sencillo: To offer something to several people or companies, hoping someone will accept or buy it.

• He shopped his idea around.
• She is shopping around her novel to publishers.
• They shopped the project around until a studio agreed.

Cómo se usa: shop something around to someone (She shopped her screenplay around to several producers.)

Sinónimos: pitch, offer

Expresiones frecuentes: shop something around, shop around a script