bugia

Definitions of bugia
  1. noun
    a false statement
    synonyms: falsità, falso, mendacio, menzogna
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    antonyms:
    vangelo, verità
    a true statement
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    frasca, mendacio, menzogna
    a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
    narrativa
    a deliberately false or improbable account
    imbroglio, inghippo, mistificazione, pasticcio, pateracchio, tranello
    a misleading falsehood
    contraddizione
    (logic) a statement that is necessarily false
    paradosso
    (logic) a statement that contradicts itself
    balla, bubbola, bufala, fandonia, favola, frottola, panzana, pispola, storia
    a trivial lie
    canard, chiacchiera, ciarla
    a deliberately misleading fabrication
    sotterfugio
    something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity
    duplicità
    a fraudulent or duplicitous representation
    type of:
    asserzione
    a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
  2. noun
    a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
    synonyms: frasca, mendacio, menzogna
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    types:
    balla, bubbola, bufala, fandonia, favola, frottola, panzana, pispola, storia
    a trivial lie
    type of:
    falsità, falso, mendacio, menzogna
    a false statement
  3. noun
    a holder with sockets for candles
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    types:
    candelabro
    branched candlestick; ornamental; has several lights
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