vendehúmos

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of vende (“to sell”) +‎ humos (“smoke(s)”).

Noun

vendehúmos m or f by sense (plural vendehúmos)

1. charlatan; trickster

Related terms

• vender humo

 

Further reading

• “vendehúmos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014