quacksalver

Significado (Inglés)

One falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, especially one who dispenses potions, ointments, etc., supposedly having curative powers; a quack.

Conceptos

charlatán

curandero

medicastro

Sinónimos

charlatan

quack

mountebank

fake doctor

simulator

trickster

imposter

quack doctor

pretender

Traducciones

Quacksalber

charlatan

ciarlatano

médicastre

kwakzalver

ψευτογιατρός

rebouteur

marchand d'orviétan

medicastro

curandero

charlatão

Kurpfuscher

αλμπάνης

κομπογιαννίτης

τσαρλατάνος

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkwæksælvə/

Etimología (Inglés)

Cognado con neerlandés: zalf

In summary

From Dutch quacksalver (“a hawker of salve”) (now spelt kwakzalver), derived from Middle Dutch quacsalven (noun or verb), from kwaken (“to boast, to brag; to croak”) + salve (“ointment, salve”) (modern Dutch zalf) + -er (agent noun suffix).