picaresque

Etymology
From, modelled after , from  +. Compare 🇨🇬 (attested later than the English word), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) Of or pertaining to adventurers or rogues.
 * 2)  Characteristic of a genre of Spanish satiric novel dealing with the adventures of a roguish hero.
 * 1)  Characteristic of a genre of Spanish satiric novel dealing with the adventures of a roguish hero.
 * 1)  Characteristic of a genre of Spanish satiric novel dealing with the adventures of a roguish hero.

Usage notes
Do not confuse picaresque (concerning adventure or roguishness) with picturesque (beautiful and art-worthy).

Translations

 * Catalan: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: ავანტიურული
 * German:, ,
 * Italian:, picaresca
 * Polish:, łotrzykowski
 * Portuguese: picaresco, picaresca
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Serbo-Croatian: pikareskni

Noun

 * 1)  A picaresque novel.

Translations

 * Arabic: رواية شطارية
 * Armenian: խաբեբայապատում
 * Basque: eleberri pikaresko
 * Bulgarian: пикаресковият роман
 * Catalan: novel·la picaresca
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 流浪漢小說
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: pikareska romano
 * Finnish: pikareskiromaani, veijariromaani
 * French:
 * Georgian: პიკარესკული რომანი
 * German:
 * Greek: πικαρέσκο
 * Hebrew: רומן פיקרסקי
 * Hungarian: pikareszk regény
 * Icelandic: píkareska skáldsagan
 * Italian: romanzo picaresco
 * Japanese: 悪漢小説
 * Korean: 피카레스크 소설
 * Norwegian: pikaresk roman
 * Persian: رندنامه
 * Polish: powieść łotrzykowska
 * Portuguese: romance picaresco
 * Romanian: roman picaresc
 * Russian:, пикаре́скный рома́н
 * Serbo-Croatian: pikarski roman, pikareska
 * Slovak: pikareskný román
 * Slovene: pikareskni roman
 * Spanish: novela picaresca
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: pikaresk roman
 * Ukrainian: крутійський роман
 * West Frisian: skelmeroman