farsante
/faɾˈsante/ · B2 · adj
phony, poser, poseur, fraud, faker
🎭 farsante = farce + -ante, one who performs a farce (a fake act)
Farsante comes from farsa, meaning farce or staged comedy, plus the suffix -ante, meaning one who does. A farsante is someone whose behavior is a farce: a performance, not the real thing. That links to the meanings fraud, phony and poser.