saltimbanqui
Spanish
Alternative forms
- saltabanco, saltaembanco, saltimbanco
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian saltimbanchi, plural of saltimbanco.
Noun
saltimbanqui m (plural saltimbanquis)
- a quack, charlatan
- acrobat, equilibrist
- Synonyms: equilibrista, acróbata
Further reading
- “saltimbanqui”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
- “saltimbanqui”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010