cesante

adj.

1 dismissed, sacked (destituido).

2 unemployed (parado). (Southern Cone, Mexican Spanish)

f. & m.

1 dismissed civil servant.

2 jobless person, unemployed person, dismissed person, laid off person.

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cesante

► adjetivo

1 (gen) dismissed; (ministro) removed from office; (embajador) recalled

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 suspended official

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1. ADJ

1) [empleado] redundant, laid-off; esp LAm unemployed

2) [funcionario] suspended

el ministro cesante — the outgoing minister

3) [embajador] recalled

2.

SMF redundant worker, laid-off worker (EEUU)

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I

adjetivo

a) (frml o period) (en un cargo)

quedó cesante — he lost his job; (por racionalización, reducción de personal) he was laid off, he was made redundant (esp BrE)

b) (Chi) (sin empleo) unemployed

II

masculino y femenino

a) (frml o period) (en cargo) person who has lost his or her job

b) (Chi) (sin empleo) unemployed person

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I

adjetivo

a) (frml o period) (en un cargo)

quedó cesante — he lost his job; (por racionalización, reducción de personal) he was laid off, he was made redundant (esp BrE)

b) (Chi) (sin empleo) unemployed

II

masculino y femenino

a) (frml o period) (en cargo) person who has lost his or her job

b) (Chi) (sin empleo) unemployed person

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cesante¹

adjective

1 (frml o period)

(en un cargo): quedó cesante he lost his job; (por racionalización, reducción de plantilla) he was laid off, he was made redundant (esp BrE)

el director cesante the outgoing director

2 (Chi) (sin empleo) unemployed, out-of-work

cesante²

masculine and feminine

1 (frml o period) (en un cargo) person who has lost his or her job

2 (Chi) (sin empleo) unemployed person

el número de cesantes the number of unemployed, the number of people out of work

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cesante adjetivo [estar] (Chi) (sin empleo) unemployed;

◊ quedó cesante he lost his job

■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (Chi) (sin empleo) unemployed person

'cesante' also found in these entries:
English:
jobless
- unemployed
- work

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cesante

♦ adj

1. [destituido] dismissed, fired

2. CSur, Méx [parado] unemployed

♦ nmf

dismissed civil servant [after change of government]

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cesante

Chi

I adj unemployed, jobless;

dejar cesante a alguien let s.o. go

II m/f unemployed person

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cesante adj

: laid off, unemployed