charlatán

charlatán
adj.
loose-tongued, prating.
m.
1 charlatan, fraud, faker, fake.
2 braggart, bluffer, brag, boaster.
3 chatterbox, chatterer, blabbermouth, talkative person.
4 charlatan, mountebank, flamboyant deceiver.
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charlatán
► adjetivo
1 (hablador) talkative
2 (chismoso) gossipy
► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
1 (parlanchín) chatterbox
2 (chismoso) gossip; (bocazas) bigmouth
3 (embaucador) trickster
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(f. - charlatana)
noun
chatterbox
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charlatán, -ana
1. ADJ
1) (=hablador) talkative
2) (=chismoso) gossipy
2. SM / F
1) (=hablador) chatterbox
2) (=chismoso) gossip
3) (=estafador) trickster, confidence trickster, con man *
4) (=vendedor aprovechado) smooth-tongued salesman
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I
-tana adjetivo (fam) talkative
II
-tana masculino, femenino (fam)
a) (parlanchín) chatterbox (colloq)
b) (vendedor deshonesto) dishonest hawker; (curandero deshonesto) charlatan
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= trickster, huckster, charlatan, talkative, chattery, chatterbox, windbag, quack.
Ex. A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.
Ex. This article presents a view of the Internet as comparable to an American travelling carnival of olden days, the sort operated by con men and hucksters.
Ex. He is gullible, not very bright, the ready dupe of the charlatan and the demagogue.
Ex. Both blacks & whites perceived themselves as active, caring, critical, emotional, friendly, individualistic, intelligent, & talkative.
Ex. He is very chattery when he wants to be, and the rest of the time really chilled out and very rarely stressed.
Ex. The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.
Ex. Anyway, some day in the not too distant future the old windbag will be pushing up the daisies.
Ex. This is another example of how quacks are ignorant not only of physics, but also of psychology.
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I
-tana adjetivo (fam) talkative
II
-tana masculino, femenino (fam)
a) (parlanchín) chatterbox (colloq)
b) (vendedor deshonesto) dishonest hawker; (curandero deshonesto) charlatan
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= trickster, huckster, charlatan, talkative, chattery, chatterbox, windbag, quack.

Ex: A chapter each is devoted to the comic hero, comedian, humorist, rogue, trickster, clown, fool, underdog, and simpleton.

Ex: This article presents a view of the Internet as comparable to an American travelling carnival of olden days, the sort operated by con men and hucksters.
Ex: He is gullible, not very bright, the ready dupe of the charlatan and the demagogue.
Ex: Both blacks & whites perceived themselves as active, caring, critical, emotional, friendly, individualistic, intelligent, & talkative.
Ex: He is very chattery when he wants to be, and the rest of the time really chilled out and very rarely stressed.
Ex: The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.
Ex: Anyway, some day in the not too distant future the old windbag will be pushing up the daisies.
Ex: This is another example of how quacks are ignorant not only of physics, but also of psychology.

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charlatán1 -tana
adjective
(fam); talkative, chatty (colloq)
charlatán2 -tana
masculine, feminine
A (fam) (parlanchín) chatterbox (colloq)
B
1 (vendedor — ambulante) hawker; (— deshonesto) dishonest o cunning salesperson
2 (curandero deshonesto) charlatan
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charlatán
◊ -tana adjetivo (fam) talkative

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam)
a) (parlanchín) chatterbox (colloq)

b) (vendedor) dishonest hawker;

(curandero) charlatan
charlatán,-ana
I adj (hablador) talkative
(indiscreto) indiscreet, gossipy
(fanfarrón) boasting
II sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 (hablador) chatterbox
(indiscreto) indiscreet person, gossip
(fanfarrón) boaster, show off
2 (embaucador, timador) trickster
'charlatán' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
charlatana
- hablador
- habladora
- sacamuelas
- saltabanco
- saltabancos
- vocinglera
- vocinglero
- curandero
- loro
English:
charlatan
- garrulous
- windbag
- chatter
- quack
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charlatán, -ana
♦ adj
talkative
♦ nm,f
1. [hablador] chatterbox
2. Pey [mentiroso] trickster, charlatan
3. [indiscreto] gossip
4. [vendedor] hawker, pedlar
♦ nm
[ave] bobolink
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charlatán
I adj talkative
II m, charlatana f chatterbox
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charlatán, -tana adj
: talkative, chatty
charlatán, -tana n, mpl -tanes
1) : chatterbox
2) farsante: charlatan, phony
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charlatán1 adj talkative
charlatán2 n chatterbox [pl. chatterboxes]

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