window-shopping

Meanings:

1.
InternationalUSUKneutralinformal
- The activity of looking at goods displayed in shop windows or on shelves without intending to buy; browsing for information, ideas, or entertainment rather than making a purchase.
- The act of visiting shops to examine merchandise and compare prices without immediate intent to purchase.
2.
InternationalUSUKinformal
- A figurative use meaning to survey opportunities, options, or possibilities casually or speculatively without committing to any choice.

Examples:

EN: You understand, Mr. Smith, we're just window-shopping.
ES: Comprende que solo estamos mirando.
EN: - This is what is called window-shopping.
ES: - Más o menos deber algo así.
EN: it was only window-shopping.
ES: fue solo escaparates.
EN: Good afternoon, my dear. Aren't you a little lonely window-shopping all by yourself?
ES: Buenas tardes. ¿No se siente sola... mirando escaparates sin compañía?
EN: ♫ Do some window-shopping ♫ In the Rue de la Paix
ES: Mirar escaparates en la Rue de la Paix
EN: I was window-shopping in Oxford Street, daydreaming about what I'd buy for her, if I had any money.
ES: Yo estaba mirando escaparates en la calle Oxford fantaseando con lo que le compraría si tuviera dinero.
EN: - Oh, window-shopping.
ES: - A hacer unas compras.
EN: Fränze wanted to do some window-shopping.
ES: Fränze quería ir de escaparates.
EN: If you can afford things, you can go window-shopping.
ES: Si te puedes permitir algo, puedes ir de escaparates.
EN: If you go window-shopping, but can't afford anything, it's depressing.
ES: Si vas de escaparates pero no te puedes permitir nada... es deprimente.
EN: Aha, window-shopping again?
ES: ¿Habéis salido de escaparates?
EN: While you gentlemen were out window-shopping for $1, 200 suits... I learned that Mr. Frederick Constanza is lunching tomorrow... at the Ocean Club at 1:00 in the PM.
ES: Mientras ustedes salieron a comprar trajes de $1.200... supe que el Sr. Frederick Constanza va a almorzar mañana... en el Ocean Club, a la 1:00 p.m.
EN: I'm just window-shopping.
ES: - No, sólo estoy mirando.
EN: I'm doing some window-shopping for my husband.
ES: Estoy comparando precios para mi marido.
EN: Most of the women in my life prefer to take me window-shopping at a jewellers.
ES: Mis novias preferían ir a joyerías.
EN: I'm doing some window-shopping for my husband.
ES: Estoy comparando precios para mi marido.
EN: Most of the women in my life prefer to take me window-shopping at a jewellers.
ES: Mis novias preferían ir a joyerías.

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