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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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