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1 falsehood
noun ((the telling of) a lie: She is incapable of (uttering a) falsehood.) falsedad, mentiratr['fɔːlshʊd]1 (lying) falsedad nombre femenino2 (lie) mentirafalsehood ['fɔls.hʊd] n: mentira f, falsedad fn.• falencia s.f.• falsedad s.f.• ficción s.f.• gazapa s.f.• mentira s.f.'fɔːlshʊdcount & mass noun (frml) falsedad f['fɔːlshʊd]N (=falsity) falsedad f ; (=lie) mentira f* * *['fɔːlshʊd]count & mass noun (frml) falsedad f -
2 falsehood
s.1 falsedad (lie)2 engaño, falsedad, hipocresía, mentira. -
3 convict of a falsehood
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4 false
fo:ls1) (not true; not correct: He made a false statement to the police.) falso2) (not genuine; intended to deceive: She has a false passport.) falso3) (artificial: false teeth.) postizo4) (not loyal: false friends.) falso, desleal•- falsify
- falsification
- falsity
- false alarm
- false start
false adj1. falsospiders are insects, true or false? las arañas son insectos, ¿verdadero o falso?2. postizowhere are my false teeth? ¿dónde está mi dentadura postiza?tr[fɔːls]1 (untrue) falso,-a2 (artificial) postizo,-a\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto play somebody false traicionar a alguien, engañar a alguienunder false pretences por medio de engañosfalse alarm falsa alarmafalse bottom doble fondofalse friend SMALLLINGUISTICS/SMALL falso amigofalse move / false step paso en falsofalse start salida nulafalse teeth dentadura postiza1) untrue: falso2) erroneous: erróneo, equivocado3) fake: falso, postizo4) unfaithful: infiel5) fraudulent: fraudulentounder false pretenses: por fraudeadj.• desleal adj.• engañoso, -a adj.• erróneo, -a adj.• falso, -a adj.• fingido, -a adj.• postizo, -a adj.• seudo, -a adj.• zaino, -a adj.fɔːls1)a) ( untrue) <statement/rumor> falsotrue or false? — ¿verdadero o falso?, ¿verdad o mentira?
c) ( misplaced) <modesty/pride> falso2) ( not genuine) <eyelashes/fingernails> postizo; <name/passport> falso3) ( disloyal) (arch or liter) <friend/spouse> infiel[fɔːls]1. ADJ1) (=untruthful) [statement, accusation] falso; (=mistaken) [idea, assumption, accusation] equivocadolull, true 1., 1)•
a false sense of security — una falsa sensación de seguridad2) (=deceitful)•
under false pretences — con engaños, con insidias•
to bear false witness — (esp Bible) levantar falso testimonio3) (=inappropriate, insincere)•
his words rang false — sus palabras sonaban a falso4) (=artificial) [hair, eyelashes] postizo5) † (=disloyal) [friend] desleal, pérfido; (=unfaithful) [lover] infiel2.CPDfalse alarm N — falsa alarma f
false arrest N — detención f ilegal
false ceiling N — cielo m raso, falso techo m
false dawn N — (fig) espejismo m
false friend N — (Ling) falso amigo m
false imprisonment N — (by police) detención f ilegal; (by criminal) retención f ilegal
false memory syndrome N — síndrome m de (la) falsa memoria
false negative N — (=result) falso negativo m
false positive N — (=result) falso positivo m
false start N — (Sport) salida f nula; (fig) comienzo m fallido
false teeth NPL — dentadura fsing postiza, dientes mpl postizos
false tooth N — diente m postizo
* * *[fɔːls]1)a) ( untrue) <statement/rumor> falsotrue or false? — ¿verdadero o falso?, ¿verdad o mentira?
c) ( misplaced) <modesty/pride> falso2) ( not genuine) <eyelashes/fingernails> postizo; <name/passport> falso3) ( disloyal) (arch or liter) <friend/spouse> infiel -
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- ʃən1) (the act of inventing or the ability to invent: He had great powers of invention.) invención2) (something invented: What a marvellous invention the sewing-machine was!) invento1. invención2. inventotr[ɪn'venʃən]2 (capacity for inventing) inventivainvention [ɪn'vɛnʧən] n: invención f, invento mn.• descubrimiento s.m.• ficción s.f.• invención s.f.• inventiva s.f.• invento s.m.ɪn'ventʃən, ɪn'venʃən1)a) c (device, machine) invento mb) u (action, process) invención f2)a) u ( imagination)b) u c ( fabrication) (frml) invención f[ɪn'venʃǝn]N1) (=act) invención f ; (=machine) invento m, invención f2) (=inventiveness) inventiva f3) (=falsehood) mentira f, invención f* * *[ɪn'ventʃən, ɪn'venʃən]1)a) c (device, machine) invento mb) u (action, process) invención f2)a) u ( imagination)b) u c ( fabrication) (frml) invención f -
6 tale
teil1) (a story: He told me the tale of his travels.) historia, relato2) (an untrue story; a lie: He told me he had a lot of money, but that was just a tale.) mentira, trolatale n cuentotr[teɪl]\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto tell tales contar cuentosold wife's tale cuento de viejastale ['teɪl] n1) anecdote, story: cuento m, relato m, anécdota f2) falsehood: cuento m, mentira fn.• cuento s.m.• fábula s.f.• historia s.f.• jácara s.f.• mentira s.f.• relación s.f.• relato s.m.teɪlnoun cuento m, relato mah now, thereby hangs a tale — (set phrase) ah, eso es toda una historia
to tell tales — (used by or to children) contar* chismes or cuentos
that's not true: you're telling tales! — mentira! eso es un cuento chino! (fam)
[teɪl]N1) (=story) cuento m, historia fTales of King Arthur — Leyendas fpl del Rey Arturo
sound the alarm, or we shan't live to tell the tale — toca el timbre, o no salimos vivos de esto, toca el timbre, o no lo contamos
fairy, hang 2., 1), woefew people get caught in an avalanche and live to tell the tale — muy poca gente sobrevive una avalancha
2) (=fabrication) cuento m, patraña f- tell talesold 3.* * *[teɪl]noun cuento m, relato mah now, thereby hangs a tale — (set phrase) ah, eso es toda una historia
to tell tales — (used by or to children) contar* chismes or cuentos
that's not true: you're telling tales! — mentira! eso es un cuento chino! (fam)
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7 untruth
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8 falsedad
falsedad sustantivo femenino ( de persona) insincerity, falseness
falsedad sustantivo femenino
1 falseness, (insinceridad) hypocrisy
2 (mentira) lie: su declaración estaba llena de falsedades, his declaration was riddled with lies ' falsedad' also found in these entries: Spanish: supuesta - supuesto - doblez English: falsehood - spuriousness - untruthfulness - dishonesty
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falsehood — falsehood, falseness, falsity The three words, all to do with departure from the truth or what is true, have a considerable overlap in meaning and are sometimes interchangeable. Falsehood is the intentional telling of an untruth, and a falsehood… … Modern English usage
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falsehood — I noun canard, commentum, deception, dissimulation, distortion, distortion of truth, equivocation, evasion, fabrication, false assertion, false statement, falsification, falsity, falsum, fiction, flam, fraud, fraudulence, inaccuracy, intentional… … Law dictionary
falsehood — late 13c., falshede, deceitfulness, also a lie, from FALSE (Cf. false) + HOOD (Cf. hood) … Etymology dictionary
falsehood — untruth, *lie, fib, misrepresentation, story Antonyms: truth (in concrete sense) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
falsehood — [n] lie canard, cover up, deceit, deception, dishonesty, dissimulation, distortion, equivocation, erroneousness, error, fable, fabrication, fakery, fallaciousness, fallacy, falseness, falsity, feigning, fib, fibbery, fiction, figment, fraud, half … New thesaurus
falsehood — ► NOUN 1) the state of being untrue. 2) a lie … English terms dictionary
falsehood — [fôls′hood΄] n. [ME falshod: see FALSE & HOOD] 1. lack of accuracy or truth; falsity; deception 2. the telling of lies; lying 3. a false statement; lie 4. a false belief, theory, idea, etc … English World dictionary
falsehood — /fawls hood/, n. 1. a false statement; lie. 2. something false; an untrue idea, belief, etc.: The Nazis propagated the falsehood of racial superiority. 3. the act of lying or making false statements. 4. lack of conformity to truth or fact. 5. Obs … Universalium
Falsehood — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Falsehood >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 falsehood falsehood falseness Sgm: N 1 falsity falsity falsification Sgm: N 1 deception deception &c. 545 Sgm: N 1 untruth untruth &c. 546 Sgm … English dictionary for students
falsehood — The OT Decalogue does not contain any prohibition of lying but there are many terms in which the evils of falsehood are denounced. It is a power of sheol, the infernal world (Isa. 28:15) and it is especially represented by idolatry (Jer. 10:14)… … Dictionary of the Bible