mandamás

f. & m.

1 boss, chief, leader, top man.

2 bossy chief, bossy person.

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mandamás

► nombre masulino o femenino (pl mandamases)

1 familiar bigwig, boss

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SMF INV boss *, bigwig *

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masculino y femenino (pl mandamás or -mases) (fam) big boss (colloq), bigwig (colloq)

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= chief honcho, boss [bosses, -pl.], head honcho, honcho, bossy boots, gaffer, leader.

Ex. 'We should be more sympathetic and persuasive with the chief honchos'.

Ex. The dependence on bosses for recognition, rewards, and advancement breeds an artificiality of relationship, a need to be polite and agreeable.

Ex. Only 17 percent of head honchos say research and development (R&D) drives innovation in their business, a new study has found.

Ex. Of course, no one but a few honchos at IBM and Oracle know the real answer.

Ex. With the kids tucked into bed, bossy boots left to fill her empty life with some cocktails.

Ex. Watford gaffer believes his team's home games hold the key to their ability to survive in the Premiership.

Ex. The proud mother, as a result, had been a leader in the fight to establish a program for the 'gifted and talented' in the public school system.

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* ser el mandamás = call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.

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masculino y femenino (pl mandamás or -mases) (fam) big boss (colloq), bigwig (colloq)

* * *

= chief honcho, boss [bosses, -pl.], head honcho, honcho, bossy boots, gaffer, leader.

Ex: 'We should be more sympathetic and persuasive with the chief honchos'.

Ex: The dependence on bosses for recognition, rewards, and advancement breeds an artificiality of relationship, a need to be polite and agreeable.

Ex: Only 17 percent of head honchos say research and development (R&D) drives innovation in their business, a new study has found.

Ex: Of course, no one but a few honchos at IBM and Oracle know the real answer.

Ex: With the kids tucked into bed, bossy boots left to fill her empty life with some cocktails.

Ex: Watford gaffer believes his team's home games hold the key to their ability to survive in the Premiership.

Ex: The proud mother, as a result, had been a leader in the fight to establish a program for the 'gifted and talented' in the public school system.

* ser el mandamás = call + the shots, be the boss, call + the tune, rule + the roost.

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mandamás

masculine and feminine

(pl mandamás or -mases) (fam)

big boss (colloq), bigwig (colloq)

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mandamás mf bigshot

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mandamás nmf

Fam Br big boss, US head honcho

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mandamás

m/f inv fam

big shot fam

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mandamás nmf, pl -mases fam : boss, bigwig, honcho