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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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