embuste
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin impositum according to 1914’s DRAE, of unknown origin according to recent editions
Noun
embuste m (plural embustes)
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin impositum according to 1914’s DRAE, of unknown origin according to recent editions
Noun
embuste m (plural embustes)
- a lie, deception, or hoax
- Mariano Velázquez De La Cadena, A New Spanish Reader: Consisting of Passages from the Most Approved Authors in Prose and Verse..., 1863, page 240
- Mentira explica sólo la idea de una cosa falsa: embuste, supone además de la falsedad la malicia; porque nadie dice un embuste de buena fe.
- "Mentira" indicates only the idea of something false: embuste implies malice in addition to the falsehood; thus, no-one tells an embuste in good faith.
- Mentira explica sólo la idea de una cosa falsa: embuste, supone además de la falsedad la malicia; porque nadie dice un embuste de buena fe.
- Mariano Velázquez De La Cadena, A New Spanish Reader: Consisting of Passages from the Most Approved Authors in Prose and Verse..., 1863, page 240