pencil pusher in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for pencil pusher in the English»Spanish Dictionary

pencil pusher N Am

pencil pusher → pen-pusher

See also pen-pusher

pen-pusher N

pen-pusher

chupatintas mf inf

pen-pusher

tinterillo m / tinterilla f inf

pen-pusher

suche mf Chil inf

Translations for pencil pusher in the English»Spanish Dictionary

pusher [Am ˈpʊʃər, Brit ˈpʊʃə] N inf

pusher

camello mf inf

pusher

jíbaro mf Col Ven sl

pusher

conecte mf Mex sl

I.pencil [Am ˈpɛnsəl, Brit ˈpɛns(ə)l, ˈpɛnsɪl] N

1. pencil (for writing, drawing):

pencil

lápiz m

colored pencils

lápices de colores

to draw/write in pencil

dibujar a/escribir con lápiz

eyebrow/eye pencil

lápiz de cejas/ojos

attr pencil drawing

dibujo m a lápiz

2. pencil:

pencil (of light)

rayo m

pencil (of rays)

haz m

II.pencil <penciling penciled Am pencilling pencilled Brit> [Am ˈpɛnsəl, Brit ˈpɛns(ə)l, ˈpɛnsɪl] VB trans

1. pencil (write, draw):

pencil notes/calculations

anotar (con lápiz)

pencil outline

hacer un esbozo de

2. pencil (with cosmetic):

pencil eyebrows

perfilar

pencil eyebrows

dibujar

pencil pusher in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for pencil pusher in the English»Spanish Dictionary

pusher N inf

pusher

camello mf

I.pencil [ˈpentsəl] Brit: -ll-, Am: -l- N

pencil

lápiz m

coloured pencil

lápiz de color

a pencil of light

un haz de luz

II.pencil [ˈpentsəl] Brit: -ll-, Am: -l- VB trans

pencil

dibujar a lápiz

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

If the chiefs get their way, we may only have pencil pushers patrolling.

www.thespec.com

I wonder who pays the salaries of them pencil pushers... maybe they need a reminder.

www.kamloopsthisweek.com

Get what the services ie. the troops in the field need not what the pencil pushers and salesmen thing they need.

australianaviation.com.au

But by this kind of pencil pusher calculation the resulting numbers are actually fairly low.

www.fastcoexist.com

Stop asking a bunch of pencil pushers for permission and just get on with it.

www.odt.co.nz

Certainly some bureaucracies are bloated, and certainly some pencil pushers get paid too much.

www.macleans.ca

She's a pencil pusher interested in keeping her work options open for when she's booted out!

deadline.com

However, the addition of one more well-greased pencil pusher is unlikely to make a real difference to the accounts of one of the world's largest employers.

www.independent.co.uk

More lunacy from a pencil pusher who's never sat in the seat of a mechanical tree harvester.

thechronicleherald.ca

I was the pencil pusher, doing a lot of research.

en.wikipedia.org