falso — meaning in English
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English meaning
- disingenuous adj Not honourable; unworthy of honour.
- erroneous adj Based on or containing a mistake; not correct.
- fabricated adj Made up or invented, especially in order to deceive.
- fake adjective Not genuine; made to look real in order to deceive.
- false adjective Not true; incorrect or contrary to fact.
- faux adj Fake or imitation, especially of a material or style.
- hollow noun A small valley or dip between hills, or a sunken area on a surface.
- insincere adjective Not honestly meaning what is said or shown; putting on an act.
- phony adj Fake or fraudulent; not genuine.
- pretender noun Someone who claims a right to a position, especially a throne, though the claim is often disputed.
- sham adjective Fake or intended to deceive; not genuine.
- specious adj Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.
- spurious adj False or not genuine, despite appearing real.
- untrue adjective Not true; false.
- wrong adj Incorrect or not true.
Senses
falso is used for these senses in English:
- disingenuous Not honourable; unworthy of honour.
- erroneous Containing an error; inaccurate.
- fake Not real; false, fraudulent.
- false Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
- false (logic) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
- faux Fake or artificial.
- hollow (figuratively) Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.
- insincere Not genuinely meaning what has been expressed; not sincere; artificial; factitious.
disingenuous — full definition
- adj Not honourable; unworthy of honour.
- adj Not ingenuous; not frank or open.
- adj Assuming a pose of naïveté to make a point or for deception.