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Old September 16, 2009, 03:33 AM
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No puedo creer que "stealer" es una palabra en EEUUense. No está en mi diccionario Oxford ni en el Cambridge Advanced Learners' Dictionary, que suele ser una fuente maravillosa para diferencias entre RUense y EEUUense.
You've made me soooo happy! I was worried because I had never heard it before.
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Old September 16, 2009, 05:40 AM
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I never heard of stealer either. Instead use robber or thief.
PS: I we forgot the word filch (to commit petty theft)
rip off
swipe
make a five finger discount
make off (as in Madoff--truth is stranger than fiction)
to pocket
to walk off with
there's more
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Old September 16, 2009, 06:45 AM
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Another one: a mugger: someone who steals by threatening or performing violence.

It's also important to notice the difference between to rob and to steal (often confused by Spanish-speaking people)
I was robbed
My purse was stolen

The bank was robbed
A lot of money was stolen
And one way to explain it is this:

I was robbed = someone took something from me

I was stolen = Someone took me away.
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Excellent, now I can start working
Thanks to all. ("Gracias a todos", ¿es la mejor forma de decir esta?
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Old September 16, 2009, 09:03 AM
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Excellent, now I can start working
Thanks to all. ("Gracias a todos", ¿es la mejor forma de decir esta?
"Thanks to everybody" estaría bien también.
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Old September 16, 2009, 09:06 AM
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Thanks, that sounds better.
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Thanks, that sounds better.
Las dos se ocupan. :-)
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I'll add my two cents - I've never heard "stealer" before, either!
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Old September 16, 2009, 01:08 PM
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By the way, now that I'm thinking about this topic ... how about a similar run-down of robber-related vocabulary in Spanish? Thanks!
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By the way, now that I'm thinking about this topic ... how about a similar run-down of robber-related vocabulary in Spanish? Thanks!
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ratero
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