charlatán

/t͡ʃaɾlaˈtan/ · B2 · adj

charlatan, quack

🗣️ charlatán = chatter + -atán: a talker who chatters on and on

Sounds like chatter plus a big ending: someone who talks nonstop. Spanish uses it for a chatterbox, and also for a quack or fraud who sells people empty words. The word can also name the laughingthrush, a noisy bird.

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