ponce

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

cafetão

proxeneta

safado

chulo

proxenetismo

Sinônimos

pimp

fancy man

procurer

pander

souteneur

panderer

whoremonger

pandar

mac

damoiselle

Miss

damosel

Fraulein

bawd

whoremonger

bully

celestine

damozel

demoiselle

gigolo

maiden

miss

whoremaster

Traduções

magnaccia

νταβατζής

lenone

proxénète

maquereau

protettore

souteneur

σωματέμπορος

ruffian

mac

Lude

قواد

Zuhälter

προστάτης

pappone

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/pɒns/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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”).