WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
Principal Translations |
shill n | informal, US (person planted to lure customers) | señuelo n común |
| | socio, socia nm, nf |
| | cómplice n común |
| | entruchón, entruchona nm, nf |
| This review is so overenthusiastic, I suspect it was written by a paid shill. |
a shill for [sth] n | informal, US (person who advertises [sth]) (figurado) | promotor de, promotora de nm, nf + prep |
| Since losing a lot of weight, that actress has become a shill for the diet industry. |
shill⇒ vi | informal, US (lure or swindle customers) | embaucar⇒ vtr |
| (coloquial) | engatusar⇒ vtr |
| (MX, coloquial) | dormirse⇒ v prnl |
| (SV, CU, AR) | dormir⇒ vtr |
| The supermarket is shilling its customers by labeling its goods as being discounted from higher prices than they were really being sold for. |