matasanos
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See also: mata-sanos
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb-object compound, composed of mata (“to kill”) + sanos (“healthy people”).
Noun
[edit]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
[edit]- → Portuguese: mata-sanos
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]matasanos
Further reading
[edit]- “matasanos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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