Definition
A charlatan or con artist; someone who swindles or deceives people, especially through false promises.
Etymology
From Spanish 'cantamañanas' or Italian 'cantambanco' (a quack doctor or street performer who deceives), possibly from 'cantar' (to sing/to promise) plus 'banco' (bench), referring to street performers or con artists who worked from benches in marketplaces.
Kelly Says
A 'cantabank' reveals how street con artists became so notorious they got their own word across multiple languages—these smooth-talking performers would literally perform from a bench in the marketplace, mixing entertainment with fraud so skillfully people didn't realize they'd been tricked.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ካንታብሪ ባንክ
k'antabrī bank
ARالعربية
بنك كانتابري
binn kan-ta-abree
BNবাংলা
কান্তাব্যাংক
kan-ta-byāṅk
CACatalà
Cantabank
kan-ta-bank
CSČeština
Cantabank
kan-ta-bank
DADansk
Cantabank
kan-ta-bank
DEDeutsch
Cantabank
kan-ta-bank
ELΕλληνικά
Cantabank
kan-ta-bank
ESEspañol
Banco de Cantabria
BAN-koh deh kan-ta-BRY-ah
FAفارسی
بانک کانتابری
bānk kantābrī
FISuomi
Cantabank
kan-ta-bank
FRFrançais
Banque de Cantabrie
baŋk deh kan-ta-BREE
GUGU
કાંટાબેરી બૅંક
kāṇṭāberī baṅk
HAHA
Cantabank
kan-ta-bank
HEעברית
Cantabank
kan-ta-bank
HIहिन्दी
कैंटबरी बैंक
kaṃṭabrī baṅk
HUMagyar
Cantabank
kan-ta-bank
IDBahasa Indonesia
Cantabank
kan-ta-bank
IGIG
Cantabank
kan-ta-bank
ITItaliano
Cantabank
kan-ta-bank
JA日本語
カンタベリー銀行
kantaberī ginkō
KKKK
Cantabank
kan-ta-bank
KMKM
Cantabank
kan-ta-bank
KO한국어
칸타베리 은행
kantaberi eunhaeng
MRMR
कंटाबरी बँक
kanṭābarī baṅk
MSBahasa Melayu
Cantabank
kan-ta-bank
MYမြန်မာ
ကန်တေဘရီဘဏ်
kan-tay-bē-bə-nət
NLNederlands
Cantabank
kan-ta-bank
NONorsk
Cantabank
kan-ta-bank
PAPA
ਕੰਟਾਬਰੀ ਬੈਂਕ
kaṇṭābarī baṅk
PLPolski
Cantabank
kan-ta-bank
PTPortuguês
Banco Cantabri
BAN-koh kan-ta-bree
RORomână
Cantabank
kan-ta-bank
RUРусский
Банк Кантабрия
bank kan-ta-bry-ya
SVSvenska
Cantabank
kan-ta-bank
SWKiswahili
Cantabank
kan-ta-bank
TAதமிழ்
கான்டபிரி வங்கி
kaṇṭabiri vaṅki
TEతెలుగు
కాంటాబరి బ్యాంకు
kāntābarī bāṅku
THไทย
ธนาคาร Cantabank
thana-khan kan-ta-bank
TLTL
Cantabank
kan-ta-bank
TRTürkçe
Cantabank
kan-ta-bank
UKУкраїнська
Cantabank
kan-ta-bank
URاردو
کنٹابری بینک
kanṭabari banak
VITiếng Việt
Ngân hàng Cantabank
ngân hàng kan-ta-bank
YOYO
Cantabank
kan-ta-bank
ZH中文
坎塔布里银行
kǎntǎbùlǐ yínháng
ZUZU
Cantabank
kan-ta-bank