charlatão

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Portuguese

Etymology

Ultimately from Italian ciarlatano.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaʁ.laˈtɐ̃w̃/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʃaɾ.laˈtɐ̃w̃/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʃaʁ.laˈtɐ̃w̃/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaɻ.laˈtɐ̃w̃/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐɾ.lɐˈtɐ̃w̃/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɐɾ.lɐˈtɐ̃w̃/

(Northern Portugal) IPA^(key):
Hyphenation: char‧la‧tão

Noun

charlatão m (plural charlatões or charlatães, feminine charlatã or charlatona, feminine plural charlatãs or charlatonas)

quack; charlatan (false doctor)
charlatan; imposter
swindler; con man
Synonyms: estelionatário, malandro, trambiqueiro, picareta

References

^ “charlatão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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