turncoat

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

A traitor; one who turns against a previous affiliation or allegiance.

Verb

To act as a turncoat; to betray

Conceptos

tránsfuga

renegado

desertor

veleta

rajeta

oportunista

alevoso

desertora

Sinónimos

traitor

deserter

apostate

renegade

informer

double-dealer

betrayer

recreant

defector

ratter

knobstick

duplicity

scab

seceder

secessionist

strikebreaker

timeserver

wheeler

fence-sitter

Jim-Crow

Traducciones

Überläufer

αποστάτης

Überläuferin

girouette

transfuge

Verräter

giravolta

lâcheur

pentito

renégat

déserteur

traître

banderuola

disertore

traditore

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈtəːn.kəʊt/

Etimología (Inglés)

A compound of turn + coat, reportedly derived from the sometime military practice of wearing uniform coats that were lined in material of a contrasting color, and which could be worn inside out to present a different appearance.