vendehúmos
Spanish
Alternative forms
- vendehúmo
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of vende (“to sell”) + humos (“smoke(s)”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bendeˈumos/ [bẽn̪.d̪eˈu.mos]
- Rhymes: -umos
- Syllabification: ven‧de‧hú‧mos
Noun
vendehúmos m or f by sense (plural vendehúmos)
- charlatan; trickster
- Synonyms: charlatán, engañabobos
Related terms
Further reading
- “vendehúmos”, 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