quacksalver

Significado (Inglês)

One falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, especially one who dispenses potions, ointments, etc., supposedly having curative powers; a quack.

Conceitos

charlatão

Sinônimos

charlatan

quack

mountebank

fake doctor

simulator

trickster

imposter

quack doctor

pretender

Traduções

Quacksalber

curandero

ciarlatano

charlatan

charlatán

kwakzalver

médicastre

marchand d'orviétan

medicastro

curandero

medicastro

Kurpfuscher

αλμπάνης

κομπογιαννίτης

τσαρλατάνος

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkwæksælvə/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Cognato com holandês: zalf

In summary

From Dutch quacksalver (“a hawker of salve”) (now spelt kwakzalver), derived from Middle Dutch quacsalven (noun or verb), from kwaken (“to boast, to brag; to croak”) + salve (“ointment, salve”) (modern Dutch zalf) + -er (agent noun suffix).