quack in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for quack in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.quack¹ [Am kwæk, Brit kwak] VB intr

quack duck:

quack

graznar

quack

hacer cua cua

II.quack¹ [Am kwæk, Brit kwak] N (of duck)

quack

graznido m

quack² [Am kwæk, Brit kwak] N

1. quack (charlatan):

quack

curandero m / curandera f

quack

charlatán m / charlatana f

quack attr remedy

de curandero

quack doctor

curandero m / curandera f

2. quack inf, hum (doctor):

quack

matasanos mf inf, hum

Translations for quack in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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cua

quack

chamarrero (chamarrera)

quack inf

medicastro (medicastra)

quack pej

medicucho (medicucha)

quack pej

matasanos

quack inf

tegua

quack

merolico (merolica) (curandero)

quack inf

curanderismo

quack medicine pej

quack in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for quack in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.quack¹ [kwæk] N (duck's sound)

quack

graznido m

II.quack¹ [kwæk] VB intr

quack

graznar

I.quack² [kwæk] pej N

1. quack (unqualified doctor):

quack

curandero(-a) m (f)

2. quack Aus, Brit iron (doctor):

quack

matasanos m inv

II.quack² [kwæk] pej ADJ

quack

falso, -a

quack-quack N childspeak

quack-quack

cuac cuac m

Translations for quack in the Spanish»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

matasanos

quack

merolico (-a)

quack

graznido (de pato)

quack

curanderismo pej

quack medicine

curandero (-a)

quack (doctor)

graznar (pato)

to quack

curioso (-a)

quack doctor

quack Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

ducks go ‘quack’

los patos hacen ‘cuac’

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He soon realized how much the company's name sounded like a duck's quack.

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Forty pints of wallop a day will keep away the quacks.

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The brown skua's call is a harsh "hah-hah-hah-hah"; quacking and croaking noises have also been heard.

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Mallard drakes make a lower pitch, longer quack than the hen mallard.

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Commercial brands of stramonium cigarettes fitted nicely into this context and were not seen as a quack remedy -- doctors recommended them as a convenient way of inhaling the drug.

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The answer is quack because saying a word with a letter k in it forces you to smile.

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And it seems to me that you are no better than the so-called marvel-mongers, nay not even than the rest of the quacks and sophists.

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They were widely used in x-ray machines, spark-gap radio transmitters, arc lighting and quack medical electrotherapy devices from the 1880s to the 1920s.

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Snowy owl calls are varied, but the alarm call is a barking, almost quacking "krek-krek"; the female also has a softer mewling "pyee-pyee" or "prek-prek".

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The male has a teal-like whistle, whereas the female has a mallard-like quack.

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