bréag — meaning in English

English meaning

• deception noun An action or scheme designed to make someone believe something untrue.
• falsehood noun A false statement; a lie.
• lie verb To be in or move into a horizontal, resting position.

Senses

bréag is used for these senses in English:

• deception An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.
• fairy tale A folktale or literary story featuring fairies or similar fantasy characters.
• falsehood (countable) A false statement, especially an intentional one; a lie.
• lie An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.

falsehood — full definition

1. noun A false statement; a lie.
2. noun The quality of being untrue.

Related Irish words