charlatán — meaning in English
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English meaning
- charlatan noun A person who pretends to have skill or knowledge they don't actually have, usually to trick people out of money.
- chatterbox noun A person who talks a great deal, often more than others want to hear.
- quack noun The harsh, honking sound a duck makes.
- quacksalver noun One falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, especially one who dispenses potions, ointments, etc., supposedly having curative powers; a quack.
Senses
charlatán is used for these senses in English:
- bobolink An American migratory songbird (Dolichonyx oryzivorus), resembling a blackbird with the bill of a finch.
- charlatan A malicious trickster; a fake person, especially one who deceives for personal profit.
- chatterbox (informal) One who chats or talks to excess.
- quack (figuratively, pejorative) Any similar charlatan or incompetent professional.
- quacksalver (archaic) One falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, especially one who dispenses potions, ointments, etc., supposedly having curative powers; a quack. [from c. 1570]