ponce

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang) A man living off another's earnings, especially a woman's.
2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang) A man living off another's earnings, especially a woman's.
3. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang) Synonym of poof: an effeminate gay man; any similarly effeminate man.

Verb

1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang) To act as a pimp.
2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, broadly, derogatory, slang) To try to get rid of or sell something.
3. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang) To borrow (something) from somebody without returning it.
4. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang) To cadge.
5. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang) To behave in a posh or effeminate manner.

Concetti

magnaccia

protettore

lenone

ruffiano

pappone

mezzana

paraninfo

mezzano

sinonimi

pimp

fancy man

procurer

pander

souteneur

panderer

whoremonger

pandar

mac

damoiselle

Miss

damosel

Fraulein

bawd

whoremonger

bully

celestine

damozel

demoiselle

gigolo

maiden

miss

whoremaster

Traduzioni

proxénète

souteneur

νταβατζής

maquereau

cafetão

pooier

leno

Lude

قواد

mac

ruffian

σωματέμπορος

Zuhälter

προστάτης

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/pɒns/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Uncertain, but probably an aphetic form of French alphonse (“kept man”), from the male given name Alphonse. Also sometimes connected to pounce or French pensionnaire (“pensioner, person living without working”).