welsh

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

cambriano

sinonimi

welch

renege

swindle

Cambrian

Traduzioni

walisisch

galés

gal·lès

Schmu machen

dolandırmak

gallois

Gallois

galloise

Welsh

Wels

gallés gallesa

galesa

não cumprir

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/wɛlʃ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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.