Masculine

saltimbanco

Meaning

  1. (masculine) acrobat
  2. (derogatory, figuratively, masculine) charlatan

Concepts

Hyphenated as
sal‧tim‧bàn‧co
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sal.timˈban.ko/
Etymology

Univerbation of salta + in + banco, literally “leap (or somersault) on the bench”. Compare Sicilian sautavancu.

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