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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mataˈsanos/
- Rhymes: -anos
- Syllabification: ma‧ta‧sa‧nos
Etymology 1
Verb-object compound, composed of mata (“to kill”) + sanos (“healthy people”).
Noun
matasanos m or f by sense (plural matasanos)
- (colloquial, derogatory) quack (bad doctor)
1906, Ricardo Palma, “El abad de Lunahuaná”, in Mis últimas tradiciones peruanas y Cachivachería:Reunidos en consulta los más diestros matasanos de la ciudad papal, opinaron que el sujeto estaba ya atacado de caries maxilar, lo que, tratándose de un anciano y teniendo en cuenta el poco saber quirúrgico de sus mercedes, importaba tanto como declarar próxima vacancia de la silla de San Pedro.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
Etymology 2
Noun
matasanos
- plural of matasano
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