saltimbanqui

Spanish

Alternative forms

• saltabanco, saltaembanco, saltimbanco

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian saltimbanchi, plural of saltimbanco.

Noun

saltimbanqui m (plural saltimbanquis)

1. a quack, charlatan
2. acrobat, equilibrist

   Synonyms: equilibrista, acróbata

Further reading

• “saltimbanqui”, 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