- curandero
- adj.quack-healing.m.1 quack doctor, charlatan, quack, bonesetter.2 witch doctor, medicine man.* * *curandero► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 (charlatán) quack2 (curador) folk healer* * *curandero, -aSM / F quack, quack doctor* * *-ra masculino, femenino (en medicina popular) folk healer; (hechicero) witch doctor; (charlatán) (pey) quack doctor (pej)* * *= healer, charlatan, medicine man, witch doctor, quack, faith healer.Ex. Just why a patient should trust a particular healer is a question that has not been adequately explored in the literature on healing.Ex. He is gullible, not very bright, the ready dupe of the charlatan and the demagogue.Ex. The medicine man establishes his suggestive charismatic authority by the performance of a conjuring trick that displays his magical powers.Ex. The gray crowned crane is dwindling in number as witch doctors and poachers illegally take the birds for potions and pets.Ex. This is another example of how quacks are ignorant not only of physics, but also of psychology.Ex. The Philippines is renowned for its faith healers, who often perform surgery without knives.* * *-ra masculino, femenino (en medicina popular) folk healer; (hechicero) witch doctor; (charlatán) (pey) quack doctor (pej)* * *= healer, charlatan, medicine man, witch doctor, quack, faith healer.
Ex: Just why a patient should trust a particular healer is a question that has not been adequately explored in the literature on healing.
Ex: He is gullible, not very bright, the ready dupe of the charlatan and the demagogue.Ex: The medicine man establishes his suggestive charismatic authority by the performance of a conjuring trick that displays his magical powers.Ex: The gray crowned crane is dwindling in number as witch doctors and poachers illegally take the birds for potions and pets.Ex: This is another example of how quacks are ignorant not only of physics, but also of psychology.Ex: The Philippines is renowned for its faith healers, who often perform surgery without knives.* * *curandero -ramasculine, feminine1 (en medicina popular) folk healer; (hechicero) witch doctor2 (pey) (charlatán) quack doctor (pej)* * *
curandero◊ -ra sustantivo masculino, femenino (en medicina popular) folk healer;
(hechicero) witch doctor;
(charlatán) (pey) quack doctor (pej)
curandero,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino quack
'curandero' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
curandera
- yerbatera
- yerbatero
- charlatán
- lego
English:
charlatan
- faith healer
- healer
- quack
- faith
* * *curandero, -a nm,f1. [que utiliza magia] witch doctor;[que utiliza remedios naturales] traditional healer2. Fam Pey [médico falso] quack* * *curanderom, curandera f faith healer* * *curandero, -ra nm1) : witch doctor2) : quack, charlatan
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.