Translation for "were merchants" to spanish

Were merchants

• eran comerciantes

Translation examples

eran comerciantes

The Carthaginians were merchants, not warriors: why would they refuse a good deal?
Los cartagineses eran comerciantes, no guerreros: ¿por qué habían de rechazar un buen negocio?

Above all, he came to recognize that all Americans were merchants, that the core of the American Genius, of the Yankee Spirit, was buying and selling.
Por encima de todo, Nicholai acabó reconociendo que todos los norteamericanos eran comerciantes, que el núcleo del Genio Americano, del Espíritu Yanqui, era la compra y la venta.