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10 Language-to-English Dictionariescurandero
Pronunciation / Transliteration: curandero
"El supuesto especialista resultó ser un simple curandero."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill; a charlatan.
"He spent all his money on treatments recommended by a self-proclaimed quack." - 2
The characteristic harsh sound made by a duck.
"We heard the loud quack of a duck coming from the pond."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Imitative. The medical sense (short for obsolete 'quacksalver') comes from Dutch 'quacksalver', meaning a hawker of salve, from 'quacken' (to croak or boast) and 'salef' (salve).
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Quack" is said worldwide
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charlatan
Transliteration: charlatan
"Ne croyez pas ce faux médecin, c'est un charlatan."
Kurpfuscher
Transliteration: Kurpfuscher
"Der angebliche Arzt entpuppte sich als Kurpfuscher."
ciarlatano
Transliteration: ciarlatano
"Quel dottore si è rivelato essere un ciarlatano."
curandero
Transliteration: curandero
"El supuesto especialista resultó ser un simple curandero."
charlatão
Transliteration: charlatão
"Ele foi enganado por um médico charlatão."
झोलाछाप डॉक्टर
Transliteration: jholachhap doctor
"गाँव में एक झोलाछाप डॉक्टर इलाज करता है।"
江湖郎中
Transliteration: jiānghú lángzhōng
"不要相信那个江湖郎中的鬼话。"
돌팔이
Transliteration: dolpari
"그 병원의 의사는 돌팔이라는 소문이 있다."
やぶ医者
Transliteration: yabuisha
"あんなやぶ医者の言うことは信じられない。"
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