BEOLINGUS
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would-be [listen] angeblich {adj} [listen]

would-be {adj} [listen] angehend {adj}; zukünftig {adj} [listen]

would-be {adj} [listen] vermeintlich {adj}

would-be ...; wannabe/wanna-be ... [slang] [listen] Möchtegern...; verhinderte(r/s) {adj}

would-be Casanova Möchtegern-Casanova

would-be thief verhinderter Dieb

prospective customer; prospect; prospective buyer; would-be buyer [listen] Kaufinteressent {m}; Kaufinteressentin {f}; Interessent {m}; möglicher Kunde [econ.]

prospective customers; prospects; prospective buyers; would-be buyers [listen] Kaufinteressenten {pl}; Kaufinteressentinnen {pl}; Interessenten {pl}; mögliche Kunden

hack; hack writer; scribbler; would-be poet [listen] Schreiberling {m}; schlechter Journalist [pej.]