amiguismo

m.

jobs for the boys, old-boy network, backscratching.

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amiguismo

► nombre masculino

1 contacts plural, string-pulling

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SM old-boy network, jobs for the boys

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masculino

todo funciona a base de amiguismo y enchufes — it all works through contacts and string-pulling

en esta empresa hay mucho amiguismo — there's a lot of `jobs for the boys' in this company

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= cronyism, spoils system, nepotism.

Ex. A viable science base requires a commitment to excellence and imagination that is incompatible with rigidity and cronyism.

Ex. The spoils system remained an important part of the political landscape until the civil service reforms toward the end of the century.

Ex. Although nepotism is considered selfish, it proceeds from the generous impulse to pass something on to one's children, and this we think of as entirely praiseworth.

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masculino

todo funciona a base de amiguismo y enchufes — it all works through contacts and string-pulling

en esta empresa hay mucho amiguismo — there's a lot of `jobs for the boys' in this company

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= cronyism, spoils system, nepotism.

Ex: A viable science base requires a commitment to excellence and imagination that is incompatible with rigidity and cronyism.

Ex: The spoils system remained an important part of the political landscape until the civil service reforms toward the end of the century.

Ex: Although nepotism is considered selfish, it proceeds from the generous impulse to pass something on to one's children, and this we think of as entirely praiseworth.

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amiguismo

masculine

un país que funciona a base de amiguismo y enchufes a country where everything works through contacts and string-pulling

en esta empresa hay mucho amiguismo there's a lot of `jobs for the boys' in this company

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amiguismo m fam pey favouritism, jobs for the boys
'amiguismo' also found in these entries:
English:
boy

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amiguismo nm

hay mucho amiguismo en esta empresa in this company it's not what you know, it's who you know;

la política de subvenciones está basada en el amiguismo grants are awarded on the basis of who knows who

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amiguismo

m nepotism, cronyism fam