falsedad

Definitions of falsedad
  1. noun
    a willful perversion of facts
    synonyms: falsificación
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    deformación, tergiversación, torcimiento, torsión
    the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
    ambigüedad, evasión
    falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
    embuste, mentira
    the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
    disimulación, engaño
    the act of deceiving
    dilación
    deceitful action that is not straightforward
    ardid, artería, astucia, embaucamiento, estratagema, farfolla, fullería, picaresca, sofisma
    the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
    doble juego, doblez, duplicidad
    acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another
    estafa, fraude, timo, trampa
    a deception for profit to yourself
    ilusión
    the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas
    fachada, fingimiento, simulación
    the act of giving a false appearance
    imitación, impostura
    pretending to be another person
    obscurantismo
    a deliberate act intended to make something obscure
    farol
    the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards
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    mala conducta, maldad
    activity that transgresses moral or civil law
  2. noun
    the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical
    synonyms: doblez, insinceridad
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    sinceridad
    the quality of being open and truthful; not deceitful or hypocritical
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    hipocresía
    insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have
    beatería, gazmoñada, mojigatería, santería, santurronería
    the quality of being hypocritically devout
  3. noun
    the quality of being untruthful
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    veracidad, verismo
    the quality of being truthful
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    equívoco, esquivez, rodeo
    intentionally vague or ambiguous
    doblez, insinceridad
    the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical
    mendacidad
    the tendency to be untruthful
    hipocresía
    insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have
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    deshonestidad
    the quality of being dishonest
  4. noun
    the quality of being crafty
    synonyms: astucia, doblez, duplicidad, engaño, falacia, malicia, mentira, retrechería
  5. noun
    a false statement
    synonyms: infundio, mentira
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    verdad
    a true statement
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    regate
    a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
    bola, embuste, gazapa, mentira, volandera
    a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
    ficción, fábula, invención
    a deliberately false or improbable account
    engaño, fraude
    a misleading falsehood
    contradicción
    (logic) a statement that is necessarily false
    paradoja
    (logic) a statement that contradicts itself
    andrómina, jácara, mentirijilla, mentirilla, milonga, paparrucha, paparruchada, patraña, trola, trufa
    a trivial lie
    bolazo, mentirón
    a gross untruth; a blatant lie
    bulo, filfa, pajarota
    a deliberately misleading fabrication
    verdad a medias
    a partially true statement intended to deceive or mislead
    apariencia, camuflaje, fachada
    a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant
    exageración
    making to seem more important than it really is
    fingimiento
    pretending with intention to deceive
    callejuela, efugio, rodeo, socapa, subterfugio, tapujo
    something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
    mistificación, tejemanejes, trampa, trapicheo
    verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way
    doblez, duplicidad
    a fraudulent or duplicitous representation
    equívoco, evasión
    a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
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    afirmación, exposición, informe, manifestación, relación
    a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
  6. noun
    the state of being false or untrue
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    verdad
    conformity to reality or actuality
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    irrealidad, vanidad
    the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in fact
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