welsh

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

Welsh

Wels

Synoniemen

welch

renege

swindle

Cambrian

Vertalingen

walisisch

galés

gal·lès

Schmu machen

dolandırmak

gallois

Gallois

galloise

cambriano

gallés gallesa

galesa

não cumprir

cámbrico

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/wɛlʃ/

Etymologie (Engels)

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.