welsh

Significat (Anglès)

1. (derogatory, offensive, sometimes) To cheat or swindle someone, often by not paying a debt, especially a gambling debt.
2. (derogatory, offensive, sometimes) To go back on one's word.

Conceptes

gal·lès

gal·lesa

Sinònims

welch

renege

swindle

Cambrian

Traduccions

galés

walisisch

Schmu machen

dolandırmak

gallois

Gallois

galloise

cambriano

Welsh

Wels

gallés gallesa

galesa

não cumprir

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/wɛlʃ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Sometimes suggested to derive from disparaging stereotypes of the Welsh (“people from Wales”), though firm evidence of this derivation is lacking. Compare gyp (“swindle”) (probably from gypsy (“Roma”)), and jew (“defraud”), from Jew.