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QUACK DOCTOR

Modern Translation: QUACK DOCTOR

Language Translations for "QUACK DOCTOR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏الطبيب المشعوذ (witchdoctor), ‏الطبيب الجاهل, ‏الطبيب الدجال. (various references)

   

French

  

charlatan (quack). (various references)

   

German

  

ein Kurpfuscher (a quack doctor). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

sarlatán (charlatan, mountebank, quack), kuruzsló (charlatan, pow-wow, quack). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

へぼ医者 (all over, being sticky, bloody fool!, blunder, bungle, chattering, clinging, closely, empty, frivolous, gaffe, gooey, hard, hungry, messy, must, non-stop talking, prattling, shall, should, speaking indiscreetly, squished flat, sticky, thickly, to commit a blunder). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

へぼいしゃ. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ackquay octorday.(various references)

   

Spanish

  

curandero (charlatan, medicaster, medicine man, quack, witchdoctor). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

kvacksalvare (mountebank, quack). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yalancı doktor, sahte doktor (charlatan, quack). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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