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To deceive in swearing

  • 1 fallō

        fallō fefellī, falsus, ere    [1 FAL-], to trip, cause to fall: glacies fallit pedes, L.: alqm, Cu.—Fig., to deceive, trick, dupe, cheat, elude, fail, disappoint: alquem dolis, T.: falli te sinas Techinis, T.: Nec sidus regione viae (nos) fefellit, misled, V.: credentem puellam, O.: sui fallendi causā factum, Cs.: nisi me forte fallo: nisi me fallit animus: nisi me omnia fallunt, unless I utterly mistake: neque eum prima opinio fefellit, Cs.: nisi quid me fallit: mentīs monstro, V.: cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut, etc.: non in sortitione fallere: ne falleret bis relata eadem res, lead into error, L.: ut de indutiis fallendo impetrarent, Cs.: numquam fallentis termes olivae, H.: nescia fallere vita, without guile, V.: eas fallam, ut ab illis fallimur, T.— Pass reflex., to be deceived, err, mistake, deceive oneself: Falsus es, T.: neque ea res falsum me habuit, did not deceive me, S.: errore quodam fallimur: quā (spe) possumus falli: deus falli quo potuit?: nisi fallor, V.: aut ego fallor, or I am far wrong, H.—Impers., with acc, to mistake, be deceived: nisi me fallit: nec eum fefellit.— To violate, break, betray, deceive, disappoint: fidem hosti datam: meam spem: si res opinionem meam fefellerit: mandata mariti, O.: foedus ac fidem, L.: promissum, Cu.: tu faciem illius Falle dolo, put on, V.: retia, avoid, O.: quā signa sequendi Falleret error, confound, V.— To deceive in swearing, swear falsely, be perjured: si sciens fallo: si falleret, precatus Deos, ita se mactarent, L.: expedit matris cineres opertos Fallere, swear falsely by, H.: dominorum dextras, faith pledged to, etc., V.— To lie concealed, be unseen, escape notice, remain undiscovered, elude: per biennium, L.: ne quid falleret Volturno ad urbem missum, L.: ne falleret ad urbem incedens, arrive secretly, L.: qui natus moriensque fefellit, in obscurity, H.: veneno, infuse undetected, V.: bonus longe fallente sagittā, V.: nequiquam fallis dea, escape recognition, V.: neque hoc te fallit, quam multa sint, etc., nor do you fail to see: custodes, L.: deos, O.: nec nos via fallet euntīs, V.: me nec fallunt iussa Iovis, nor do I fail to recognize, V.: nec quicquam eos fallebat, L.: segetis fides meae Fulgentem Falli sorte beatior, i. e. is a happier lot, though he knows it not, etc., H.: neutros fefellit hostīs appropinquare, L.: in lege nullā esse eiusmodi caput te non fallit: neque vero Caesarem fefellit, quin, etc., Cs.— To lighten, appease, silence, beguile: medias sermonibus horas, O.: somno curam, H.: austerum studio fallente laborem, H.
    * * *
    fallere, fefelli, falsus V
    deceive; slip by; disappoint; be mistaken, beguile, drive away; fail; cheat

    Latin-English dictionary > fallō

  • 2 fallo

    fallo, fĕfelli, falsum, 3 (archaic inf. praes. pass. fallier, Pers. 3, 50; perf. pass. fefellitus sum, Petr. Fragm. 61, MSS.), v. a. [Sanscr. sphal, sphul, to waver; Gr. sphallô, a-sphalês], to deceive, trick, dupe, cheat, disappoint (freq. and class.; syn.: decipio, impono, frustror, circumvenio, emungo, fraudo).
    I.
    In gen.
    (α).
    Of living objects:

    T. Roscius non unum rei pecuniariae socium fefellit, verum novem homines honestissimos ejusdem muneris, etc.... induxit, decepit, destituit, omni fraude et perfidia fefellit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 116 sq.; so,

    aliquem dolis,

    Ter. And. 3, 2, 13; cf. id. Heaut. 3, 1, 61:

    senem,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 43:

    referam gratiam, atque eas itidem fallam, ut ab illis fallimur,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 93: tu illum fructu fallas, Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 73:

    id ipsum sui fallendi causa milites ab hostibus factum existimabant,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 50, 2:

    tum laqueis captare feras et fallere visco Inventum,

    Verg. G. 1, 139; cf. Ov. M. 15, 474:

    is enim sum, nisi me forte fallo, qui, etc.,

    Cic. Phil. 12, 8, 21:

    num me fefellit, Catilina, non modo res tanta, verum dies?

    id. Cat. 1, 3, 7:

    nisi me fallit animus,

    id. Rosc. Am. 17, 48; cf.:

    neque eum prima opinio fefellit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 67, 3:

    ne spes eum fallat,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 3; Caes. B. G. 2, 10, 4:

    si in hominibus eligendis spes amicitiae nos fefellerit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 11, § 28:

    in quo cum eum opinio fefellisset,

    Nep. Ages. 3, 5:

    nisi forte me animus fallit,

    Sall. C. 20, 17:

    nisi memoria me fallit,

    fails me, Gell. 20, p. 285 Bip.:

    nisi me omnia fallunt,

    Cic. Att. 8, 7, 1; cf.:

    omnia me fallunt, nisi, etc.,

    Sen. Ep. 95 med.:

    nisi quid me fallit,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 6; cf.:

    si quid nunc me fallit in scribendo,

    id. ib. 3, 5, 4:

    dominum sterilis saepe fefellit ager,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 450:

    certe hercle hic se ipsus fallit, non ego,

    Ter. And. 3, 2, 15:

    tam libenter se fallunt, quam si una fata decipiunt,

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 11, 1:

    cum alios falleret, se ipsum tamen non fefellit,

    Lact. 1, 22, 5.— Pass. in mid. force, to deceive one's self, be deceived, to err, be mistaken:

    errore quodam fallimur in disputando,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 35:

    qua (spe) possumus falli: deus falli qui potuit?

    id. N. D. 3, 31, 76:

    memoriā falli,

    Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 118:

    jamque dies, nisi fallor, adest,

    Verg. A. 5, 49; Cic. Att. 4, 17, 1; 16, 6, 2:

    ni fallor,

    Ov. F. 4, 623; Lact. 2, 19, 1; cf.:

    ordinis haec virtus erit et venus, aut ego fallor,

    Hor. A. P. 42.—With object-clause:

    dicere non fallar, quo, etc.,

    Luc. 7, 288:

    quamquam haut falsa sum, nos odiosas haberi,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 4; cf.:

    id quam facile sit mihi, haud sum falsus,

    id. Men. 5, 2, 3; Ter. And. 4, 1, 23; Sall. J. 85, 20:

    neque ea res falsum me habuit,

    did not deceive me, id. ib. 10, 1:

    ut falsus animi est!

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 43.—
    (β).
    Of inanim. or abstr. objects:

    promissum,

    not to fulfil, Curt. 7, 10, 9:

    fidem hosti datam fallere,

    to violate, break, betray, deceive, Cic. Off. 1, 13, 39:

    quodsi meam spem vis improborum fefellerit atque superaverit,

    id. Cat. 4, 11, 23; cf. id. de Or. 1, 1, 2:

    non fallam opinionem tuam,

    id. Fam. 1, 6 fin.; cf. Caes. B. C. 3, 86 fin.:

    imperium,

    to fail to execute, Plin. 7, 37, 38, § 125:

    cum lubrica saxa vestigium fallerent,

    betrayed, Curt. 4, 9.— Poet.:

    tu faciem illius Falle dolo,

    imitate deceptively, assume, Verg. A. 1, 684:

    sua terga nocturno lupo,

    i. e. to hide, conceal, Prop. 4, 5, 14:

    casses, retia,

    to shun, avoid, Ov. H. 20, 45; 190. —
    (γ).
    Absol.: neque quo pacto fallam... Scio quicquam, Caecil. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29 fin.:

    cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 13, 41:

    ea (divinatio) fallit fortasse nonnumquam,

    id. Div. 1, 14, 25:

    non in sortitione fallere,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 132:

    in ea re,

    Nep. Them. 7, 2; Cels. 7, 26, 2: ne falleret bis relata eadem res, Liv. 29, 35, 2:

    ut, si quid possent, de induciis fallendo impetrarent,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 13, 5:

    germinat et numquam fallentis termes olivae,

    Hor. Epod. 16, 45:

    plerumque sufflati atque tumidi (oratores) fallunt pro uberibus,

    Gell. 7, 14, 5.—
    B.
    Impers.: fallit (me) I deceive myself, I mistake, am mistaken:

    sed nos, nisi me fallit, jacebimus,

    Cic. Att. 14, 12, 2; cf.:

    nisi me propter benevolentiam forte fallebat,

    id. Cael. 19, 45; id. Sest. 50, 106:

    nec eum fefellit,

    id. Off. 2, 7, 25:

    vide, ne te fallat,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 25. And cf. under II. B. 2.
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    To deceive in swearing, to swear falsely:

    is jurare cum coepisset, vox eum defecit in illo loco: SI SCIENS FALLO,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2; cf.:

    lapidem silicem tenebant juraturi per Jovem haec verba dicentes: SI SCIENS FALLO, TVM ME DISPITER, etc., Paul. ex Fest. s. v. lapidem, p. 115 Müll.: si sciens fefellisset,

    Plin. Pan. 64, 3; cf. Liv. 21, 45, 8; Prop. 4, 7, 53:

    expedit matris cineres opertos Fallere,

    i. e. to swear falsely by the ashes of your mother, Hor. C. 2, 8, 10.—
    B.
    With respect to one's knowledge or sight, for the more usual latēre: to lie concealed from, to escape the notice, elude the observation of a person (so in Cic., Sall., and Caes. for the most part only impers., v. 2. infra).
    (α).
    With acc.:

    neque enim hoc te, Crasse, fallit, quam multa sint et quam varia genera dicendi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:

    tanto silentio in summum evasere, ut non custodes solum fallerent, sed, etc.,

    Liv. 5, 47, 3:

    nec fefellit veniens ducem,

    id. 2, 19, 7; Curt. 7, 6, 4; cf.:

    quin et Atridas duce te (Mercurio)... Priamus... Thessalosque ignes et iniqua Trojae Castra fefellit,

    Hor. C. 1, 10, 16:

    quos fallere et effugere est triumphus,

    id. ib. 4, 4, 52:

    Spartacum si qua potuit vagantem Fallere testa,

    id. ib. 3, 14, 20; Suet. Caes. 43:

    nec te Pythagorae fallant arcana,

    Hor. Epod. 15, 21; id. Ep. 1, 6, 45:

    nec quicquam eos, quae terra marique agerentur, fallebat,

    Liv. 41, 2, 1 Drak.:

    ut plebem tribunosque falleret judicii rescindendi consilium initum,

    id. 4, 11, 4:

    tanta celeritate, ut visum fallant,

    Plin. 9, 50, 74, § 157:

    oculos littera fallit,

    cannot be distinctly read, Ov. A. A. 3, 627.— With acc. and inf.:

    neutros fefellit hostes appropinquare,

    Liv. 31, 33, 8 Weissenb. ad loc.—Mid. with gen.:

    nec satis exaudiebam, nec sermonis fallebar tamen,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 55.—
    (β).
    Absol., to escape notice, be unseen, remain undiscovered:

    speculator Carthaginiensium, qui per biennium fefellerat, Romae deprehensus,

    Liv. 22, 33, 1; 25, 9, 2:

    spes fallendi, resistendive, si non falleret,

    of remaining unnoticed, id. 21, 57, 5:

    non fefellere ad Tifernum hostes instructi,

    id. 10, 14, 6.—So with part. perf., Liv. 42, 64, 3; 23, 19, 11.—With part. pres.: ne alio itinere hostis falleret ad urbem incedens, i. e. arrive secretly, lanthanoi prosiôn, Liv. 8, 20, 5; cf. id. 5, 47, 9; Verg. A. 7, 350:

    nec vixit male, qui natus moriensque fefellit,

    i. e. has remained unnoticed, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 10:

    fallere pro aliquo,

    to pass for, Gell. 7, 14:

    bonus longe fallente sagitta,

    Verg. A. 9, 572.—
    2.
    Impers.: fallit (me), it is concealed from me, unknown to me, I do not know, am ignorant of (for the most part only with negatives or in negative interrogations), constr. with subject-clause:

    non me fefellit: sensi,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 64:

    num me fefellit, hosce id struere?

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 3; cf.:

    in lege nulla esse ejusmodi capita, te non fallit,

    Cic. Att. 3, 23, 4:

    nec me animi fallit, etc.,

    Lucr. 1, 136; 5, 97:

    quem fallit?

    who does not know? Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 233:

    neque vero Caesarem fefellit, quin, etc.,

    Caes. B C. 3, 94, 3.—
    C.
    To cause any thing (space, time, etc.) not to be observed or felt, to lighten any thing difficult, or to appease, silence any thing disagreeable, to beguile ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    medias fallunt sermonibus horas Sentirique moram prohibent,

    Ov. M. 8, 652:

    jam somno fallere curam,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 114:

    Fallebat curas aegraque corda labor,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 2, 16; cf.

    dolores,

    id. ib. 5, 7, 39:

    luctum,

    Val. Fl. 3, 319:

    molliter austerum studio fallente laborem,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 12; Ov. M. 6, 60; Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 49.—Prov.:

    fallere credentem non est operosa puellam Gloria,

    Ov. H. 2, 63.—Hence, falsus, a, um, P. a., deceptive, pretended, feigned, deceitful, spurious, false (syn.: adulterinus, subditus, subditicius, spurius).
    A.
    [p. 722] Adj.:

    testes aut casu veri aut malitia falsi fictique esse possunt,

    Cic. Div. 2, 11, 27; cf.:

    falsum est id totum, neque solum fictum, sed etiam imperite absurdeque fictum,

    id. Rep. 2, 15:

    ementita et falsa plenaque erroris,

    id. N. D. 2, 21, 55:

    pro re certa spem falsam domum retulerunt,

    id. Rosc. Am. 38, 110; cf.:

    spe falsa atque fallaci,

    id. Phil. 12, 2, 7; so,

    spes,

    id. Sull. 82, 91:

    falsa et mendacia visa,

    id. Div. 2, 62, 127; cf.:

    falsa et inania visa,

    id. ib.:

    falsum et imitatione simulatum,

    id. de Or. 2, 45, 189; cf. id. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

    argumentum,

    id. Inv. 1, 48, 90:

    qui falsas lites falsis testimoniis Petunt,

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 13:

    reperiuntur falsi falsimoniis,

    id. Bacch. 3, 6, 12:

    ambitio multos mortales falsos fieri subegit,

    Sall. C. 10, 5 Kritz.:

    pater (opp. verus),

    a supposed father, Ov. M. 9, 24; cf. id. ib. 1, 754:

    falsi ac festinantes,

    Tac. A. 1, 7: suspectio, Enn. ap. Non. 511, 5:

    nuntius,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175:

    rumores,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 20, 2:

    poena falsarum et corruptarum litterarum,

    Cic. Fl. 17, 39; cf.:

    falsas esse litteras et a scriba vitiatas,

    Liv. 40, 55, 1:

    falsarum tabularum rei,

    Suet. Aug. 19:

    fama,

    Cic. Lael. 4, 15:

    appellatio,

    Quint. 7, 3, 5:

    sententiae,

    id. 8, 5, 7:

    crimina,

    Hor. C. 3, 7, 14;

    terrores,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 212:

    opprobria,

    i. e. undeserved, id. ib. 1, 16, 38; cf.

    honor,

    id. ib. 39: falsi Simoëntis ad undam, i. e. fictitious (simulati), Verg. A. 3, 302; cf.:

    falsi sequimur vestigia tauri (i. e. Jovis),

    Val. Fl. 8, 265:

    vultu simulans Haliagmona,

    Stat. Th. 7, 739:

    ita ceteros terruere, ut adesse omnem exercitum trepidi ac falsi nuntiarent,

    Tac. H. 2, 17:

    ne illi falsi sunt qui divorsissumas res pariter expectant,

    deceived, mistaken, Sall. J. 85, 20; cf.:

    falsus utinam vates sim,

    Liv. 21, 10, 10; so,

    vates,

    id. 4, 46, 5.— Comp. (rare):

    quanto est abjectior et falsior ista (theologia),

    Aug. Civ. D. 7, 5 fin.:

    nihil est hominum inepta persuasione falsius,

    Petr. 132; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 92, 11 Müll.— Sup.:

    id autem falsissimum est,

    Col. 1, 6, 17.—
    (β).
    With gen.:

    Felix appellatur Arabia, falsi et ingrati cognominis,

    Plin. 12, 18, 41, § 82.—
    2.
    False, counterfeit, spurious, = adulterinus (late Lat.): moneta, Cod. Th. 9, 21, 9.—
    B.
    As subst.
    1.
    falsus, i, m., a liar, deceiver:

    Spurinnam ut falsum arguens,

    a false prophet, Suet. Caes. 81 fin.; id. Tib. 14.—
    2.
    falsum, i, n., falsehood, fraud:

    ex falsis verum effici non potest,

    Cic. Div. 2, 51, 106; cf.:

    veris falsa remiscet,

    Hor. A. P. 151:

    vero distinguere falsum,

    id. Ep. 1, 10, 29:

    falsum scripseram,

    Cic. Att. 7, 14, 2; Quint. 7, 2, 53:

    ex illa causa falsi,

    i. e. of fraud, Dig. 48, 10 (De lege Cornelia de falsis), 1;

    v. the whole title: acclinis falsis animus,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 6:

    nec obstitit falsis Tiberius,

    Tac. A. 2, 82:

    simulationum falsa,

    id. ib. 6, 46 et saep.—Adverb.:

    telisque non in falsum jactis,

    i. e. not at random, with effect, Tac. A. 4, 50 fin.:

    jurare falsum,

    Ov. Am. 3, 3, 11.— Adv., untruly, erroneously, unfaithfully, wrongly, falsely; in two forms, falso and false.
    1.
    falso:

    eho mavis vituperari falso, quam vero extolli?

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 21 sq.; cf. id. Trin. 1, 2, 173;

    so opp. vero,

    Curt. 5, 2, 2: ei rei dant operam, ut mihi falso maledicatur, Cato ap. Charis. p. 179 P.: falso criminare, Enn. ap. Non. 470, 16:

    neque me perpetiar probri Falso insimulatam,

    id. Am. 3, 2, 7; 21; cf.:

    non possum quemquam insimulare falso,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 41, § 107:

    falso memoriae proditum,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

    cum Tarquinius... vivere falso diceretur,

    id. Rep. 2, 21; cf.:

    adesse ejus equites falso nuntiabantur,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 14, 1:

    cum utrumque falso fingerent,

    Liv. 42, 2:

    falso in me conferri,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 2: aliquem falso occidere, i. e. by mistake, Naev. ap. Charis. p. 179 P.; cf.:

    ut miseri parentes quos falso lugent, vivere sciant,

    Liv. 34, 32, 13; and:

    falso lamentari eas Darium vivum,

    Curt. 3, 12:

    falso queritur de natura sua genus humanum,

    Sall. J. 1:

    falso plurima volgus amat,

    Tib. 3, 3, 20 (so perh. also in Cic. Ac. 2, 46, 141, non assentiar saepe falso, instead of false).—Ellipt.: Da. Si quid narrare occepi, continuo dari tibi verba censes. Si. Falso, Ter. And. 3, 2, 24; cf.:

    atqui in talibus rebus aliud utile interdum, aliud honestum videri solet. Falso: nam, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 3, 18, 74; so Quint. 2, 17, 12; Nep. Alc. 9:

    quia inter inpotentes et validos falso quiescas, = quia falluntur qui putant quiesci posse,

    Tac. Germ. 36.—
    2.
    false (very rare): judicium false factum, Sisenn. ap. Charis. p. 179; Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 78 Fleck. (Cic. Ac. 2, 46, 141 dub., B. and K., al. falso).— Sup.:

    quae adversus haec falsissime disputantur,

    Aug. Conf. 10, 13.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > fallo

  • 3 falsum

    fallo, fĕfelli, falsum, 3 (archaic inf. praes. pass. fallier, Pers. 3, 50; perf. pass. fefellitus sum, Petr. Fragm. 61, MSS.), v. a. [Sanscr. sphal, sphul, to waver; Gr. sphallô, a-sphalês], to deceive, trick, dupe, cheat, disappoint (freq. and class.; syn.: decipio, impono, frustror, circumvenio, emungo, fraudo).
    I.
    In gen.
    (α).
    Of living objects:

    T. Roscius non unum rei pecuniariae socium fefellit, verum novem homines honestissimos ejusdem muneris, etc.... induxit, decepit, destituit, omni fraude et perfidia fefellit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 40, 116 sq.; so,

    aliquem dolis,

    Ter. And. 3, 2, 13; cf. id. Heaut. 3, 1, 61:

    senem,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 43:

    referam gratiam, atque eas itidem fallam, ut ab illis fallimur,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 93: tu illum fructu fallas, Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 73:

    id ipsum sui fallendi causa milites ab hostibus factum existimabant,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 50, 2:

    tum laqueis captare feras et fallere visco Inventum,

    Verg. G. 1, 139; cf. Ov. M. 15, 474:

    is enim sum, nisi me forte fallo, qui, etc.,

    Cic. Phil. 12, 8, 21:

    num me fefellit, Catilina, non modo res tanta, verum dies?

    id. Cat. 1, 3, 7:

    nisi me fallit animus,

    id. Rosc. Am. 17, 48; cf.:

    neque eum prima opinio fefellit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 67, 3:

    ne spes eum fallat,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 3; Caes. B. G. 2, 10, 4:

    si in hominibus eligendis spes amicitiae nos fefellerit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 11, § 28:

    in quo cum eum opinio fefellisset,

    Nep. Ages. 3, 5:

    nisi forte me animus fallit,

    Sall. C. 20, 17:

    nisi memoria me fallit,

    fails me, Gell. 20, p. 285 Bip.:

    nisi me omnia fallunt,

    Cic. Att. 8, 7, 1; cf.:

    omnia me fallunt, nisi, etc.,

    Sen. Ep. 95 med.:

    nisi quid me fallit,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 6; cf.:

    si quid nunc me fallit in scribendo,

    id. ib. 3, 5, 4:

    dominum sterilis saepe fefellit ager,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 450:

    certe hercle hic se ipsus fallit, non ego,

    Ter. And. 3, 2, 15:

    tam libenter se fallunt, quam si una fata decipiunt,

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 11, 1:

    cum alios falleret, se ipsum tamen non fefellit,

    Lact. 1, 22, 5.— Pass. in mid. force, to deceive one's self, be deceived, to err, be mistaken:

    errore quodam fallimur in disputando,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 35:

    qua (spe) possumus falli: deus falli qui potuit?

    id. N. D. 3, 31, 76:

    memoriā falli,

    Plin. 10, 42, 59, § 118:

    jamque dies, nisi fallor, adest,

    Verg. A. 5, 49; Cic. Att. 4, 17, 1; 16, 6, 2:

    ni fallor,

    Ov. F. 4, 623; Lact. 2, 19, 1; cf.:

    ordinis haec virtus erit et venus, aut ego fallor,

    Hor. A. P. 42.—With object-clause:

    dicere non fallar, quo, etc.,

    Luc. 7, 288:

    quamquam haut falsa sum, nos odiosas haberi,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 4; cf.:

    id quam facile sit mihi, haud sum falsus,

    id. Men. 5, 2, 3; Ter. And. 4, 1, 23; Sall. J. 85, 20:

    neque ea res falsum me habuit,

    did not deceive me, id. ib. 10, 1:

    ut falsus animi est!

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 43.—
    (β).
    Of inanim. or abstr. objects:

    promissum,

    not to fulfil, Curt. 7, 10, 9:

    fidem hosti datam fallere,

    to violate, break, betray, deceive, Cic. Off. 1, 13, 39:

    quodsi meam spem vis improborum fefellerit atque superaverit,

    id. Cat. 4, 11, 23; cf. id. de Or. 1, 1, 2:

    non fallam opinionem tuam,

    id. Fam. 1, 6 fin.; cf. Caes. B. C. 3, 86 fin.:

    imperium,

    to fail to execute, Plin. 7, 37, 38, § 125:

    cum lubrica saxa vestigium fallerent,

    betrayed, Curt. 4, 9.— Poet.:

    tu faciem illius Falle dolo,

    imitate deceptively, assume, Verg. A. 1, 684:

    sua terga nocturno lupo,

    i. e. to hide, conceal, Prop. 4, 5, 14:

    casses, retia,

    to shun, avoid, Ov. H. 20, 45; 190. —
    (γ).
    Absol.: neque quo pacto fallam... Scio quicquam, Caecil. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 29 fin.:

    cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 13, 41:

    ea (divinatio) fallit fortasse nonnumquam,

    id. Div. 1, 14, 25:

    non in sortitione fallere,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 132:

    in ea re,

    Nep. Them. 7, 2; Cels. 7, 26, 2: ne falleret bis relata eadem res, Liv. 29, 35, 2:

    ut, si quid possent, de induciis fallendo impetrarent,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 13, 5:

    germinat et numquam fallentis termes olivae,

    Hor. Epod. 16, 45:

    plerumque sufflati atque tumidi (oratores) fallunt pro uberibus,

    Gell. 7, 14, 5.—
    B.
    Impers.: fallit (me) I deceive myself, I mistake, am mistaken:

    sed nos, nisi me fallit, jacebimus,

    Cic. Att. 14, 12, 2; cf.:

    nisi me propter benevolentiam forte fallebat,

    id. Cael. 19, 45; id. Sest. 50, 106:

    nec eum fefellit,

    id. Off. 2, 7, 25:

    vide, ne te fallat,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 25. And cf. under II. B. 2.
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    To deceive in swearing, to swear falsely:

    is jurare cum coepisset, vox eum defecit in illo loco: SI SCIENS FALLO,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2; cf.:

    lapidem silicem tenebant juraturi per Jovem haec verba dicentes: SI SCIENS FALLO, TVM ME DISPITER, etc., Paul. ex Fest. s. v. lapidem, p. 115 Müll.: si sciens fefellisset,

    Plin. Pan. 64, 3; cf. Liv. 21, 45, 8; Prop. 4, 7, 53:

    expedit matris cineres opertos Fallere,

    i. e. to swear falsely by the ashes of your mother, Hor. C. 2, 8, 10.—
    B.
    With respect to one's knowledge or sight, for the more usual latēre: to lie concealed from, to escape the notice, elude the observation of a person (so in Cic., Sall., and Caes. for the most part only impers., v. 2. infra).
    (α).
    With acc.:

    neque enim hoc te, Crasse, fallit, quam multa sint et quam varia genera dicendi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:

    tanto silentio in summum evasere, ut non custodes solum fallerent, sed, etc.,

    Liv. 5, 47, 3:

    nec fefellit veniens ducem,

    id. 2, 19, 7; Curt. 7, 6, 4; cf.:

    quin et Atridas duce te (Mercurio)... Priamus... Thessalosque ignes et iniqua Trojae Castra fefellit,

    Hor. C. 1, 10, 16:

    quos fallere et effugere est triumphus,

    id. ib. 4, 4, 52:

    Spartacum si qua potuit vagantem Fallere testa,

    id. ib. 3, 14, 20; Suet. Caes. 43:

    nec te Pythagorae fallant arcana,

    Hor. Epod. 15, 21; id. Ep. 1, 6, 45:

    nec quicquam eos, quae terra marique agerentur, fallebat,

    Liv. 41, 2, 1 Drak.:

    ut plebem tribunosque falleret judicii rescindendi consilium initum,

    id. 4, 11, 4:

    tanta celeritate, ut visum fallant,

    Plin. 9, 50, 74, § 157:

    oculos littera fallit,

    cannot be distinctly read, Ov. A. A. 3, 627.— With acc. and inf.:

    neutros fefellit hostes appropinquare,

    Liv. 31, 33, 8 Weissenb. ad loc.—Mid. with gen.:

    nec satis exaudiebam, nec sermonis fallebar tamen,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 55.—
    (β).
    Absol., to escape notice, be unseen, remain undiscovered:

    speculator Carthaginiensium, qui per biennium fefellerat, Romae deprehensus,

    Liv. 22, 33, 1; 25, 9, 2:

    spes fallendi, resistendive, si non falleret,

    of remaining unnoticed, id. 21, 57, 5:

    non fefellere ad Tifernum hostes instructi,

    id. 10, 14, 6.—So with part. perf., Liv. 42, 64, 3; 23, 19, 11.—With part. pres.: ne alio itinere hostis falleret ad urbem incedens, i. e. arrive secretly, lanthanoi prosiôn, Liv. 8, 20, 5; cf. id. 5, 47, 9; Verg. A. 7, 350:

    nec vixit male, qui natus moriensque fefellit,

    i. e. has remained unnoticed, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 10:

    fallere pro aliquo,

    to pass for, Gell. 7, 14:

    bonus longe fallente sagitta,

    Verg. A. 9, 572.—
    2.
    Impers.: fallit (me), it is concealed from me, unknown to me, I do not know, am ignorant of (for the most part only with negatives or in negative interrogations), constr. with subject-clause:

    non me fefellit: sensi,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 64:

    num me fefellit, hosce id struere?

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 3; cf.:

    in lege nulla esse ejusmodi capita, te non fallit,

    Cic. Att. 3, 23, 4:

    nec me animi fallit, etc.,

    Lucr. 1, 136; 5, 97:

    quem fallit?

    who does not know? Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 233:

    neque vero Caesarem fefellit, quin, etc.,

    Caes. B C. 3, 94, 3.—
    C.
    To cause any thing (space, time, etc.) not to be observed or felt, to lighten any thing difficult, or to appease, silence any thing disagreeable, to beguile ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    medias fallunt sermonibus horas Sentirique moram prohibent,

    Ov. M. 8, 652:

    jam somno fallere curam,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 114:

    Fallebat curas aegraque corda labor,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 2, 16; cf.

    dolores,

    id. ib. 5, 7, 39:

    luctum,

    Val. Fl. 3, 319:

    molliter austerum studio fallente laborem,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 12; Ov. M. 6, 60; Plin. 27, 7, 28, § 49.—Prov.:

    fallere credentem non est operosa puellam Gloria,

    Ov. H. 2, 63.—Hence, falsus, a, um, P. a., deceptive, pretended, feigned, deceitful, spurious, false (syn.: adulterinus, subditus, subditicius, spurius).
    A.
    [p. 722] Adj.:

    testes aut casu veri aut malitia falsi fictique esse possunt,

    Cic. Div. 2, 11, 27; cf.:

    falsum est id totum, neque solum fictum, sed etiam imperite absurdeque fictum,

    id. Rep. 2, 15:

    ementita et falsa plenaque erroris,

    id. N. D. 2, 21, 55:

    pro re certa spem falsam domum retulerunt,

    id. Rosc. Am. 38, 110; cf.:

    spe falsa atque fallaci,

    id. Phil. 12, 2, 7; so,

    spes,

    id. Sull. 82, 91:

    falsa et mendacia visa,

    id. Div. 2, 62, 127; cf.:

    falsa et inania visa,

    id. ib.:

    falsum et imitatione simulatum,

    id. de Or. 2, 45, 189; cf. id. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

    argumentum,

    id. Inv. 1, 48, 90:

    qui falsas lites falsis testimoniis Petunt,

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 13:

    reperiuntur falsi falsimoniis,

    id. Bacch. 3, 6, 12:

    ambitio multos mortales falsos fieri subegit,

    Sall. C. 10, 5 Kritz.:

    pater (opp. verus),

    a supposed father, Ov. M. 9, 24; cf. id. ib. 1, 754:

    falsi ac festinantes,

    Tac. A. 1, 7: suspectio, Enn. ap. Non. 511, 5:

    nuntius,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 38, 175:

    rumores,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 20, 2:

    poena falsarum et corruptarum litterarum,

    Cic. Fl. 17, 39; cf.:

    falsas esse litteras et a scriba vitiatas,

    Liv. 40, 55, 1:

    falsarum tabularum rei,

    Suet. Aug. 19:

    fama,

    Cic. Lael. 4, 15:

    appellatio,

    Quint. 7, 3, 5:

    sententiae,

    id. 8, 5, 7:

    crimina,

    Hor. C. 3, 7, 14;

    terrores,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 212:

    opprobria,

    i. e. undeserved, id. ib. 1, 16, 38; cf.

    honor,

    id. ib. 39: falsi Simoëntis ad undam, i. e. fictitious (simulati), Verg. A. 3, 302; cf.:

    falsi sequimur vestigia tauri (i. e. Jovis),

    Val. Fl. 8, 265:

    vultu simulans Haliagmona,

    Stat. Th. 7, 739:

    ita ceteros terruere, ut adesse omnem exercitum trepidi ac falsi nuntiarent,

    Tac. H. 2, 17:

    ne illi falsi sunt qui divorsissumas res pariter expectant,

    deceived, mistaken, Sall. J. 85, 20; cf.:

    falsus utinam vates sim,

    Liv. 21, 10, 10; so,

    vates,

    id. 4, 46, 5.— Comp. (rare):

    quanto est abjectior et falsior ista (theologia),

    Aug. Civ. D. 7, 5 fin.:

    nihil est hominum inepta persuasione falsius,

    Petr. 132; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 92, 11 Müll.— Sup.:

    id autem falsissimum est,

    Col. 1, 6, 17.—
    (β).
    With gen.:

    Felix appellatur Arabia, falsi et ingrati cognominis,

    Plin. 12, 18, 41, § 82.—
    2.
    False, counterfeit, spurious, = adulterinus (late Lat.): moneta, Cod. Th. 9, 21, 9.—
    B.
    As subst.
    1.
    falsus, i, m., a liar, deceiver:

    Spurinnam ut falsum arguens,

    a false prophet, Suet. Caes. 81 fin.; id. Tib. 14.—
    2.
    falsum, i, n., falsehood, fraud:

    ex falsis verum effici non potest,

    Cic. Div. 2, 51, 106; cf.:

    veris falsa remiscet,

    Hor. A. P. 151:

    vero distinguere falsum,

    id. Ep. 1, 10, 29:

    falsum scripseram,

    Cic. Att. 7, 14, 2; Quint. 7, 2, 53:

    ex illa causa falsi,

    i. e. of fraud, Dig. 48, 10 (De lege Cornelia de falsis), 1;

    v. the whole title: acclinis falsis animus,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 6:

    nec obstitit falsis Tiberius,

    Tac. A. 2, 82:

    simulationum falsa,

    id. ib. 6, 46 et saep.—Adverb.:

    telisque non in falsum jactis,

    i. e. not at random, with effect, Tac. A. 4, 50 fin.:

    jurare falsum,

    Ov. Am. 3, 3, 11.— Adv., untruly, erroneously, unfaithfully, wrongly, falsely; in two forms, falso and false.
    1.
    falso:

    eho mavis vituperari falso, quam vero extolli?

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 21 sq.; cf. id. Trin. 1, 2, 173;

    so opp. vero,

    Curt. 5, 2, 2: ei rei dant operam, ut mihi falso maledicatur, Cato ap. Charis. p. 179 P.: falso criminare, Enn. ap. Non. 470, 16:

    neque me perpetiar probri Falso insimulatam,

    id. Am. 3, 2, 7; 21; cf.:

    non possum quemquam insimulare falso,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 41, § 107:

    falso memoriae proditum,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41:

    cum Tarquinius... vivere falso diceretur,

    id. Rep. 2, 21; cf.:

    adesse ejus equites falso nuntiabantur,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 14, 1:

    cum utrumque falso fingerent,

    Liv. 42, 2:

    falso in me conferri,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 5, 2: aliquem falso occidere, i. e. by mistake, Naev. ap. Charis. p. 179 P.; cf.:

    ut miseri parentes quos falso lugent, vivere sciant,

    Liv. 34, 32, 13; and:

    falso lamentari eas Darium vivum,

    Curt. 3, 12:

    falso queritur de natura sua genus humanum,

    Sall. J. 1:

    falso plurima volgus amat,

    Tib. 3, 3, 20 (so perh. also in Cic. Ac. 2, 46, 141, non assentiar saepe falso, instead of false).—Ellipt.: Da. Si quid narrare occepi, continuo dari tibi verba censes. Si. Falso, Ter. And. 3, 2, 24; cf.:

    atqui in talibus rebus aliud utile interdum, aliud honestum videri solet. Falso: nam, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 3, 18, 74; so Quint. 2, 17, 12; Nep. Alc. 9:

    quia inter inpotentes et validos falso quiescas, = quia falluntur qui putant quiesci posse,

    Tac. Germ. 36.—
    2.
    false (very rare): judicium false factum, Sisenn. ap. Charis. p. 179; Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 78 Fleck. (Cic. Ac. 2, 46, 141 dub., B. and K., al. falso).— Sup.:

    quae adversus haec falsissime disputantur,

    Aug. Conf. 10, 13.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > falsum

  • 4 burlar

    v.
    1 to evade.
    consiguió burlar a sus perseguidores she managed to outwit her pursuers
    El ladrón burló la seguridad The thief evaded the security measures.
    2 to trick, to put on.
    Silvia burló a Ricardo Silvia tricked Richard.
    3 to get by.
    El auto burló a la policía The car got by the police.
    * * *
    1 to deceive, trick
    2 (eludir) to dodge, evade
    1 to mock (de, -), make fun (de, of), laugh (de, at)
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=engañar) [+ persona] to deceive, trick; [+ enemigo] to outwit; [+ vigilancia] to defeat; [+ bloqueo] to run
    2) (=frustrar) [+ ambición, plan] to thwart, frustrate; [+ esperanzas] to ruin, frustrate
    3) (=seducir) to seduce
    4) * (=saber usar) to know how to use, be able to handle
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) < medidas de seguridad> to evade, get around
    b) < enemigo> to outwit
    2.
    burlarse v pron

    burlarse de algo/alguien — to make fun of something/somebody

    * * *
    = mock, hoodwink, outwit, bilk, outfox, outsmart.
    Nota: Literalmente significa "ser más listo que".
    Ex. They laughed and screeched and mocked as long as I went on swearing.
    Ex. In turn, a consequential effect is that reference librarians and scholars might end up getting hoodkwinked.
    Ex. Two dangerous trysts are spied upon by a third and hostile party, whose presence is detected by the lovers who act in consort to outwit him.
    Ex. With inflated prices, the nagging question was whether consumers were being bilked by the market.
    Ex. It also led to a continuing guerilla war between the authorities and caricaturists who sought to evade, outfox, or entirely defy them.
    Ex. Smart and speedy start-ups blindside mature companies with their inventiveness then grow up into mature companies and are outsmarted in their turn.
    ----
    * burlar el sistema = beat + the system, game + the system.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) < medidas de seguridad> to evade, get around
    b) < enemigo> to outwit
    2.
    burlarse v pron

    burlarse de algo/alguien — to make fun of something/somebody

    * * *
    = mock, hoodwink, outwit, bilk, outfox, outsmart.
    Nota: Literalmente significa "ser más listo que".

    Ex: They laughed and screeched and mocked as long as I went on swearing.

    Ex: In turn, a consequential effect is that reference librarians and scholars might end up getting hoodkwinked.
    Ex: Two dangerous trysts are spied upon by a third and hostile party, whose presence is detected by the lovers who act in consort to outwit him.
    Ex: With inflated prices, the nagging question was whether consumers were being bilked by the market.
    Ex: It also led to a continuing guerilla war between the authorities and caricaturists who sought to evade, outfox, or entirely defy them.
    Ex: Smart and speedy start-ups blindside mature companies with their inventiveness then grow up into mature companies and are outsmarted in their turn.
    * burlar el sistema = beat + the system, game + the system.

    * * *
    burlar [A1 ]
    vt
    ‹medidas de seguridad/control› to evade, get around
    el barco se fugó burlando la vigilancia de la marina the boat escaped despite being under navy surveillance
    burlarse DE algo/algn to make fun OF sth/sb
    ¡de mí no se burla nadie! no-one makes fun of me!
    * * *

     

    burlar ( conjugate burlar) verbo transitivo


    b) ‹ enemigo› to outwit

    burlarse verbo pronominal burlarse de algo/algn to make fun of sth/sb
    burlar verbo transitivo
    1 (engañar) to outwit
    2 (esquivar) to evade
    ' burlar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    cheat
    - outwit
    - run
    - out
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    [esquivar] to evade; [ley] to flout;
    consiguió burlar a sus perseguidores she managed to outwit her pursuers;
    el ladrón burló los sistemas de seguridad the thief found a way round the security systems;
    burla burlando without anyone noticing
    * * *
    I v/t
    1 riesgo, dificultad get round
    2 ( engañar) trick, take in
    II v/i mock
    * * *
    burlar vt
    engañar: to trick, to deceive
    * * *
    burlar vb
    1. (esquivar) to give the slip [pt. gave; pp. given]
    2. (engañar) to trick

    Spanish-English dictionary > burlar

  • 5 false

    adjective
    falsch; Fehl[deutung, -urteil]; Falsch[meldung. -eid, -aussage]; treulos [Geliebte[r]]; gefälscht [Urkunde, Dokument]; künstlich [Wimpern, Auge]; geheuchelt [Bescheidenheit]
    * * *
    [fo:ls]
    1) (not true; not correct: He made a false statement to the police.) falsch
    2) (not genuine; intended to deceive: She has a false passport.) falsch
    3) (artificial: false teeth.) künstlich
    4) (not loyal: false friends.) falsch
    •
    - academic.ru/26342/falsehood">falsehood
    - falsify
    - falsification
    - falsity
    - false alarm
    - false start
    * * *
    [fɔ:ls, AM esp fɑ:ls]
    I. adj
    1. inv (untrue, incorrect) falsch
    is that true or \false? stimmt das oder nicht?
    her whole theory is based on a \false premise ihre ganze Theorie geht von falschen Voraussetzungen aus
    a \false alarm ein falscher Alarm
    a \false dawn [of hope] eine trügerische Hoffnung
    \false friend LING falscher Freund
    to raise \false hopes falsche Hoffnungen wecken
    to have a \false idea of sth falsche Vorstellungen von etw dat haben
    to give sb a \false impression jdm einen falschen Eindruck vermitteln
    \false imprisonment LAW unrechtmäßige Verhaftung
    a \false move [or step] eine unbedachte Bewegung
    one \false move and I'll shoot! eine falsche Bewegung und ich schieße!
    to make a \false move, to take a \false step (wrong action) unbedacht [o unüberlegt] handeln
    \false pregnancy MED, PSYCH Scheinschwangerschaft f
    a \false rib ANAT eine falsche Rippe
    a \false start SPORT ein Fehlstart m a. fig
    to turn out [or prove] to be \false sich akk als falsch erweisen
    a \false bottom ein doppelter Boden (in einem Behälter)
    3. inv (fake) name, address, identity falsch
    thou shalt not bear \false witness REL du sollst kein falsches Zeugnis geben
    \false accounting LAW, FIN Unterschlagung f
    \false claim [or information] falsche Angaben pl
    under \false colours [or AM colors] ( liter) unter falscher Flagge
    \false evidence LAW Falschaussage f
    to give \false evidence in court vor Gericht falsch aussagen
    to give \false information falsche Angaben machen
    under \false pretences unter Vorspiegelung falscher Tatsachen
    4. (insincere) person, smile, laugh, manner, modesty falsch, unehrlich
    \false optimism trügerischer Optimismus; (intending to deceive)
    a \false front ( fig) eine Fassade
    to put on [or up] a \false front sich dat einen gewissen Anschein geben
    they put up a \false front of friendly concern sie gaben vor, sehr besorgt zu sein
    to be in a \false position in der Bredouille sein fam
    to put sb in a \false position jdn in die Bredouille bringen fam
    5. ( esp liter: disloyal) untreu
    he turned out to be a \false friend er war mir ein schöner Freund hum iron
    ▪ to be \false to sb/sth jdm/etw untreu werden
    you have been \false to your principles du hast deine Prinzipien verraten
    II. adv ( old)
    to play sb \false jdn betrügen
    * * *
    [fɔːls]
    1. adj (+er)
    1) (= wrong) falsch

    that's a false economy — das ist am falschen Ort gespart

    false imprisonment/arrest — willkürliche Inhaftierung/Festnahme

    or pretenses (US) —

    false god/prophet — falscher Gott/Prophet

    to bear false witness (old) ( ), — Bibl, old ), eine falsche Aussage machen

    2) (= artificial, fake) nose, beard falsch; blood, eyelashes künstlich; papers gefälscht
    3) (pej: insincere) laughter, enthusiasm gekünstelt

    to ring false — nicht echt klingen

    4) (= disloyal) friend, lover, wife, husband, servant treulos
    2. adv

    to play sb false — mit jdm ein falsches Spiel treiben

    * * *
    false [fɔːls]
    A adj (adv falsely) falsch:
    a) unwahr:
    false evidence ( oder testimony) JUR falsche (Zeugen)Aussage, Falschaussage f;
    false name Falschname m;
    false oath, false swearing JUR Falsch-, Meineid m
    b) unrichtig, fehlerhaft, irrig
    c) unaufrichtig, hinterhältig:
    be false to sb falsch gegen jemanden oder gegenüber jemandem sein
    d) irreführend, vorgetäuscht:
    give a false impression einen falschen Eindruck vermitteln, ein falsches Bild geben
    e) gefälscht, unecht:
    false coin Falschgeld n;
    false hair (teeth) falsche oder künstliche Haare (Zähne), (Zähne auch) Gebiss n, dritte Zähne
    f) BIOL, MED (in Namen) fälschlich so genannt:
    false acacia falsche Akazie, Robinie f;
    false fruit Scheinfrucht f
    g) ARCH, TECH Schein…, zusätzlich, verstärkend:
    false bottom doppelter Boden;
    false door blinde Tür
    h) unbegründet:
    false modesty (shame) falsche Bescheidenheit (Scham)
    i) JUR widerrechtlich:
    false accusation falsche Anschuldigung;
    false claim unberechtigter Anspruch;
    false imprisonment Freiheitsberaubung f
    B adv falsch, unaufrichtig. play sb false ein falsches Spiel mit jemandem treiben
    * * *
    adjective
    falsch; Fehl[deutung, -urteil]; Falsch[meldung. -eid, -aussage]; treulos [Geliebte[r]]; gefälscht [Urkunde, Dokument]; künstlich [Wimpern, Auge]; geheuchelt [Bescheidenheit]
    * * *
    adj.
    falsch adj.
    unaufrichtig adj.
    unrichtig adj.
    unwahr adj.

    English-german dictionary > false

  • 6 picardía

    f.
    1 coquetry, flirtatiousness.
    2 astuteness, artful maneuvering, slyness, ability to deceive.
    3 witticism, mischievous statement.
    4 childish prank, prank.
    5 Picardy, Picardie.
    m.
    baby doll pajama, baby doll, short nightgown, short nightgown used by women.
    * * *
    1 (astucia) craftiness
    2 (atrevimiento) naughtiness
    3 (dicho atrevido) risqué comment
    \
    tener picardía to be crafty
    * * *
    * * *
    1) ( cualidad) craftiness, cunning

    tuvo la picardía de esconderlo — he was crafty o cunning enough to hide it

    2) (RPl fam) ( lástima) shame
    * * *
    = savvy.
    Nota: Nombre.
    Ex. This article reveals seven key points which apply street savvy psychology in the workplace.
    ----
    * con picardía = slyly, wickedly.
    * picardía callejera = street knowledge.
    * * *
    1) ( cualidad) craftiness, cunning

    tuvo la picardía de esconderlo — he was crafty o cunning enough to hide it

    2) (RPl fam) ( lástima) shame
    * * *
    Nota: Nombre.

    Ex: This article reveals seven key points which apply street savvy psychology in the workplace.

    * con picardía = slyly, wickedly.
    * picardía callejera = street knowledge.

    * * *
    Picardy
    * * *

    picardía sustantivo femenino



    picardía sustantivo femenino
    1 (astucia) craftiness
    2 (dicho, acción) mischievous comment o act
    ' picardía' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    malicia
    English:
    laugh
    - roguery
    * * *
    ♦ nf
    1. [astucia] cunning, craftiness;
    hace todo con mucha picardía she does everything with great cunning o very cunningly
    2. [travesura] naughty trick, mischief
    3. [atrevimiento] brazenness;
    a ese chico le falta picardía con las chicas that boy isn't bold enough with the girls
    4. RP [lástima] shame
    ♦ picardías nm inv
    [con falda] baby-doll nightdress; [con pantalón] baby-doll pyjamas
    * * *
    f
    1 ( astucia) craftiness, slyness
    2 ( travesura) mischievousness
    3 Méx ( taco, palabrota) swearing, swearwords pl
    * * *
    1) : cunning, craftiness
    2) : prank, dirty trick

    Spanish-English dictionary > picardía

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