trade

comercio

Actividad de comprar y vender bienes o servicios.

En inglés sencillo: The activity of buying and selling goods or services.

• Trade brings money into the country.
• International trade grew last year.
• The agreement encourages trade between neighbouring countries.

Cómo se usa: trade in something (Trade in coffee supports many families.); trade between A and B (Trade between the two countries has increased.)

Sinónimos: commerce

Expresiones frecuentes: international trade, trade in something, trade between countries

oficio

Trabajo que requiere habilidades prácticas aprendidas, como construir o reparar cosas.

En inglés sencillo: A job that involves practical skills learned through training, such as building or repairing things.

• He wants to learn a trade.
• She is a carpenter by trade.
• Plumbing and bricklaying are useful trades.

Cómo se usa: a carpenter/plumber/etc. by trade (He is an electrician by trade.)

Sinónimos: craft, occupation

Expresiones frecuentes: learn a trade, skilled trade, carpenter by trade

intercambio, canje

Operación en la que cada persona da algo y recibe otra cosa a cambio.

En inglés sencillo: An exchange in which each person gives something and receives something else.

• That was a fair trade.
• We made a trade: my bicycle for her camera.
• The teams agreed to a trade involving two players.

Cómo se usa: a trade with someone (I made a trade with my friend.)

Sinónimos: exchange, swap

Expresiones frecuentes: make a trade, fair trade, trade with someone

operación, transacción

Una compra o venta concreta, especialmente de acciones u otras inversiones.

En inglés sencillo: One act of buying or selling, especially shares or other investments.

• The broker completed the trade.
• She made three trades before noon.
• That trade earned the investor a small profit.

Sinónimos: transaction, deal

Expresiones frecuentes: stock trade, execute a trade, profitable trade

gremio

Conjunto de personas que ejercen un mismo oficio que requiere habilidades prácticas.

En inglés sencillo: The people who do a particular kind of skilled practical work.

• The building trade needs more workers.
• The skilled trades are well represented in the union.
• Representatives of the trade met to discuss training.

Sinónimos: business

Expresiones frecuentes: the building trade, the skilled trades, trade representatives

intercambiar, canjear

Dar algo a otra persona y recibir otra cosa a cambio.

En inglés sencillo: To give something to someone and receive something else from them.

• We traded cards after school.
• The neighbours traded stories about their childhoods.
• Would you trade seats with me?

Cómo se usa: trade something with someone (I traded cards with my cousin.); trade something for something (She traded her bicycle for a guitar.)

Sinónimos: exchange, swap

Expresiones frecuentes: trade with someone, trade something for something, trade stories

comerciar

Comprar y vender productos o servicios como actividad comercial.

En inglés sencillo: To buy and sell goods or services as a business.

• They trade in fresh fruit.
• The company traded with customers across Europe.
• Small shops can now trade online.

Cómo se usa: trade in something (The company trades in used cars.); trade with someone/something (We trade with several companies in Italy.)

Sinónimos: deal, do business

Expresiones frecuentes: trade in something, trade with someone, trade overseas