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1 engañoso
adj.1 deceitful, deceiving, deceptive, liar.2 delusive, misleading, illusive, delusional.* * *► adjetivo1 (gen) deceptive2 (palabras) deceitful; (consejo) misleading* * *(f. - engañosa)adj.1) misleading2) deceitful* * *ADJ (=persona) deceitful, dishonest; (=apariencia) deceptive; (=consejo) misleading* * ** * *= deceptive, fallacious, deceitful, devious, sneaky [sneakier -comp., sneakiest -sup.], specious, duplicitous, distortive.Ex. Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.Ex. On the basis of current knowledge it seems fallacious to describe people's consumer behavior as having clear-cut objectives.Ex. Again, on the matter of the sources already consulted by the enquirer, the implication is not that he is unreliable or deceitful, but that in looking up the Encyclopedia Americana he may not be aware of the existence of the index.Ex. The article is entitled 'The devious, the distraught and the deranged: designing and applying personal safety into library protection'.Ex. The article carries the title 'Holdouts and other sneaky vendor tactics: no one profits when providers keep searchers from finding information'.Ex. This comparative frame of reference is specious and irrelevant on several counts.Ex. This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.Ex. Its distortive influence on feminist research has so far remained undiscussed.----* de apariencia engañosa = misleading.* naturaleza engañosa = deceptiveness.* palabra engañosa = weasel word.* * ** * *= deceptive, fallacious, deceitful, devious, sneaky [sneakier -comp., sneakiest -sup.], specious, duplicitous, distortive.Ex: Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.
Ex: On the basis of current knowledge it seems fallacious to describe people's consumer behavior as having clear-cut objectives.Ex: Again, on the matter of the sources already consulted by the enquirer, the implication is not that he is unreliable or deceitful, but that in looking up the Encyclopedia Americana he may not be aware of the existence of the index.Ex: The article is entitled 'The devious, the distraught and the deranged: designing and applying personal safety into library protection'.Ex: The article carries the title 'Holdouts and other sneaky vendor tactics: no one profits when providers keep searchers from finding information'.Ex: This comparative frame of reference is specious and irrelevant on several counts.Ex: This remake of William Castle's action adventure adds a genuinely supernatural plot to the old story of the duplicitous wife scheming to kill her husband but being one-upped by his even more ingenious counterplots.Ex: Its distortive influence on feminist research has so far remained undiscussed.* de apariencia engañosa = misleading.* naturaleza engañosa = deceptiveness.* palabra engañosa = weasel word.* * *engañoso -sa‹palabras› deceitful; ‹apariencias› deceptive* * *
engañoso
‹ apariencias› deceptive
engañoso,-a adj (mentiroso, falaz) deceitful
(apariencia) deceptive
' engañoso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
amagar
- engañosa
- falaz
English:
deceptive
- misleading
- deceitful
* * *engañoso, -a adj1. [aspecto, apariencia, impresión] deceptive2. [persona, palabras] deceitful* * ** * *engañoso, -sa adj1) : deceitful2) : misleading, deceptive* * *engañoso adj deceptive -
2 falaz
adj.false.* * *1 (erróneo) fallacious2 (engañoso) deceitful, false* * *ADJ [individuo] false, deceitful; [doctrina] false, fallacious frm; [apariencia] deceptive, misleading* * *adjetivo false* * *= bogus, meretricious, deceptive, distortive, mendacious.Ex. The article 'A bogus and dismal science, or the eggplant that ate library schools' discusses the reasons for the perennial professional indentity crisis amongst librarians.Ex. The responsibility of the critic must be to maintain rigorous standards, and strive to alert the public to the implications for the future of a market flooded with meretricious productions.Ex. Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.Ex. Its distortive influence on feminist research has so far remained undiscussed.Ex. I love movies like that -- where slowly, gradually, bit by bit, all the characters realize that the villain was really disastrously mendacious and criminal.* * *adjetivo false* * *= bogus, meretricious, deceptive, distortive, mendacious.Ex: The article 'A bogus and dismal science, or the eggplant that ate library schools' discusses the reasons for the perennial professional indentity crisis amongst librarians.
Ex: The responsibility of the critic must be to maintain rigorous standards, and strive to alert the public to the implications for the future of a market flooded with meretricious productions.Ex: Rehyping old stuff as if it were new is not only annoyingly deceptive but doesn't sell any books to suspicious customers.Ex: Its distortive influence on feminist research has so far remained undiscussed.Ex: I love movies like that -- where slowly, gradually, bit by bit, all the characters realize that the villain was really disastrously mendacious and criminal.* * *1 ‹apariencias› false, deceptive2 ‹declaraciones/razonamiento› false, fallacious ( frml); ‹promesas› false3 ‹persona› deceitful, false* * *
falaz adjetivo
1 (falso) fallacious
2 (engañoso) treacherous
' falaz' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
engañosa
- engañoso
English:
bogus
- spurious
* * *falaz adjfalse* * *adj false* * * -
3 sin debatir
(adj.) = undiscussedEx. Its distortive influence on feminist research has so far remained undiscussed.* * *(adj.) = undiscussedEx: Its distortive influence on feminist research has so far remained undiscussed.
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4 sin discutir
(adj.) = no arguments!, undiscussedEx. And picking up the check he said 'Lunch is on me today, Florence -- no arguments!'.Ex. Its distortive influence on feminist research has so far remained undiscussed.* * *(adj.) = no arguments!, undiscussedEx: And picking up the check he said 'Lunch is on me today, Florence -- no arguments!'.
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5 distorsionador
adj.distorting, distortive.* * *= misleading.Ex. Some titles are deliberately misleading or eye-catching, rather than informative.* * *= misleading.Ex: Some titles are deliberately misleading or eye-catching, rather than informative.
* * *1 ‹enfoque›ese enfoque del problema es distorsionador de la realidad that view of the problem is a distortion of the factsde su vida se han hecho algunas lecturas muy distorsionadoras there have been some very distorted o misleading interpretations of her life* * *distorsionador, -ora adj1. [efecto] distorting2. [análisis, enfoque, interpretación] misleading;una versión distorsionadora de lo que ocurrió en realidad a misleading version of what actually happened -
6 distorsionador
• distorting• distortive -
7 distorsionante
• disfigurative• distortive -
8 engańante
• deceiving• distortive -
9 distorsionante
adj.distortive, disfigurative. -
10 engañante
adj.deceiving, distortive.f. & m.deceiver.
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