suitor
pretendiente
definition
noun
Though the young duchess was only ten years of age, it would not be long before she would be receiving suitors and entertaining marriage proposals.
a man who pursues a relationship with a particular woman, with a view to marriage.
translation of 'suitor'
noun
pretendiente,
postulante,
demandante,
pleiteador
example
She vacillates between pursuing marriage to Will, her persistent 'suitor' , in Washington, D.C., or leaving him for her older, married white mentor in New York.
The girl refused to marry the other 'suitor' and ran away from home.
ABC News is the latest 'suitor' for CNN's hand in a marriage that might save each of them $100 million a year.
the company agreed to negotiate with its 'suitor'
Private equity firm Permira is often touted as a possible 'suitor' .
By then though Abbey may already have got married to its Scottish 'suitor' .
A possible 'suitor' is British-based, Chorion - listed on the Alternative Investment Market in London.
It places immense pressure on the husband and his family, who have to raise large sums of money, and on the bride, who often is forced to marry the 'suitor' who can provide the biggest dowry.
Understandably, a woman coerced into marriage by an aggressive 'suitor' may have seen herself as a victim of a crime.
This can become a poisoned chalice in the case of a corporate merger or acquisition, in that the 'suitor' may not be willing to take on the risk of off-loading inflexible leases.
Over the coming weeks the share price could be strongly influenced by takeover speculation, with Telefonica of Spain the favoured 'suitor' .
Before she would agree to marry her 'suitor' , she challenged him to several contests and always won.
The actress teamed up with detectives hunting the killer they believe claimed the life of an Asian teenager who turned down her 'suitor' for an arranged marriage.
she decided to marry her 'suitor'
On the contrary, far from being totally committed to the single life, Elizabeth on two occasions signalled that she wanted to marry a particular 'suitor' .
A 'suitor' made a marriage payment called a mboya.
As a result of the removal of romance from marriage, 'suitors' are judged, not by their love for a woman, but by how well they can provide for her.
The weakest part of her performance comes in her relationship with the four 'suitors' and in the delivery of the Rose Adagio and here it might be worth a comparison with Makarova herself.
McKay emphasised Gallas' insistence on the get-out clause, allowing him to assess his prospective 'suitors' .
Bloomberg reckons T-Online, Tiscali and Terra Lycos could be potential 'suitors' for the business.
Royal Bank of Scotland and National Australia Bank were back in the frame last week as possible 'suitors' for Abbey National following City rumours of more activity in the banking sector.
Both 'suitors' seem confident that marriage to a shrew would prove even more humiliating than submitting to the pillory or a public whipping.
The company had already met with 'suitors' interested in a buyout or strategic partnership, but could not find a good match on price or philosophy.
Though the young duchess was only ten years of age, it would not be long before she would be receiving 'suitors' and entertaining marriage proposals.
Why limit yourself to dealing with a single lender, when there are so many eager 'suitors' for your business?
I've seen widows forced to marry unwanted 'suitors' who, aided and abetted by the law, usurped their deceased husband's assets, as well as their own lives and bodies.
For prospective 'suitors' keen to expand in Europe's largest economy, however, Commerz is sized just about right.
She had held sway over a dozen eligible 'suitors' , eventually marrying into a professor's family despite her own lack of education.
The bank found other prospective 'suitors' , which ultimately jacked up the price.
There was an array of 'suitors' and a close relationship with her cousin, David Scott Mitchell.
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