falso

See also: Falso, falsó, and falsò

Asturian

Adjective

falso

1. neuter of falsu

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfalso/ [ˈfɑl.s̺ʊ]
• Rhymes: -also
• Hyphenation: fal‧so

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese falso, from Latin falsus (“deceived”).

Adjective

falso (feminine falsa, masculine plural falsos, feminine plural falsas)

1. false

   Antonym: verdadeiro

2. fake

   Antonyms: verdadeiro, xenuíno

3. untrustworthy

   Synonyms: mentirán, mentireiro

Derived terms

• falsamente
• falsar

Noun

falso m (plural falsos)

1. hem of a garment

   Synonyms: basta, ganduxo

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “falso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “falso”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “falso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “falso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “falso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

falso

1. first-person singular present indicative of falsar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfal.so/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -also
• Hyphenation: fàl‧so

Etymology 1

From Latin falsus, from fallere.

Adjective

falso (feminine falsa, masculine plural falsi, feminine plural false, superlative falsissimo)

1. false
2. sham

Synonyms

• finto

Antonyms

• vero, autentico

Noun

falso m (plural falsi)

1. forgery
2. sham

Related terms

• falsamente
• falsare
• falsario
• falsificare
• falsità
• falsopiano

Descendants

• → Egyptian Arabic: فلصو (falsu)
• → Turkish: falso

Etymology 2

Verb

falso

1. first-person singular present indicative of falsare

Anagrams

• solfa

Latin

Etymology

From falsus, perfect passive participle of fallō (“deceive, trick”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfaɫ.soː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfal.so]

Adverb

falsō (not comparable)

1. falsely, wrongfully, deceitfully

   Synonyms: falsē, perperam

   Antonym: rēctē

   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.18:

     auctorem doctrinae eius [...] falso samium Pithagoram edunt

     They falsely declare that his master was Pithagoras

Verb

falsō (present infinitive falsāre, perfect active falsāvī, supine falsātum); first conjugation

1. to falsify

Conjugation

   Conjugation of falsō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	falsō		falsās		falsat		falsāmus		falsātis		falsant
	imperfect	falsābam		falsābās		falsābat		falsābāmus		falsābātis		falsābant
	future	falsābō		falsābis		falsābit		falsābimus		falsābitis		falsābunt
	perfect	falsāvī		falsāvistī		falsāvit		falsāvimus		falsāvistis		falsāvērunt, falsāvēre
	pluperfect	falsāveram		falsāverās		falsāverat		falsāverāmus		falsāverātis		falsāverant
	future perfect	falsāverō		falsāveris		falsāverit		falsāverimus		falsāveritis		falsāverint
passive	present	falsor		falsāris, falsāre		falsātur		falsāmur		falsāminī		falsantur
	imperfect	falsābar		falsābāris, falsābāre		falsābātur		falsābāmur		falsābāminī		falsābantur
	future	falsābor		falsāberis, falsābere		falsābitur		falsābimur		falsābiminī		falsābuntur
	perfect	falsātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	falsātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	falsātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	falsem		falsēs		falset		falsēmus		falsētis		falsent
	imperfect	falsārem		falsārēs		falsāret		falsārēmus		falsārētis		falsārent
	perfect	falsāverim		falsāverīs		falsāverit		falsāverīmus		falsāverītis		falsāverint
	pluperfect	falsāvissem		falsāvissēs		falsāvisset		falsāvissēmus		falsāvissētis		falsāvissent
passive	present	falser		falsēris, falsēre		falsētur		falsēmur		falsēminī		falsentur
	imperfect	falsārer		falsārēris, falsārēre		falsārētur		falsārēmur		falsārēminī		falsārentur
	perfect	falsātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	falsātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		falsā		—		—		falsāte		—
	future	—		falsātō		falsātō		—		falsātōte		falsantō
passive	present	—		falsāre		—		—		falsāminī		—
	future	—		falsātor		falsātor		—		—		falsantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		falsāre			falsārī			falsāns			—
future		falsātūrum esse			falsātum īrī			falsātūrus			falsandus
perfect		falsāvisse			falsātum esse			—			falsātus
future perfect		—			falsātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		falsātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		falsandī		falsandō		falsandum		falsandō		falsātum		falsātū

Derived terms

• falsātiō
• falsātus
• falsificus
• falsiloquus
• falsitās

Related terms

• fallō
• falsus

Descendants

See fallō.

Noun

falsō

1. dative/ablative singular of falsus
2. dative/ablative singular of falsum

References

• “falso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “falso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "falso", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “falso”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be imbibing false opinions: opiniones falsas animo imbibere
    
• Online Latin dictionary, Olivetti

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin falsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfalso/

Adjective

falso (feminine singular falsa, masculine plural falsos, feminine plural falsas)

1. false
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 41vb.

     el Reẏ de iſrɫ demãdo cõseio alos ppħas falſos ſi ẏrie aramot galáad. e dixieron le ſub. e á prouez ca la dara dios en tu mano. dixo ioſaphat á aq̃ ppħa del criador á q̃en demãdaſſemos cõſejo. dixo el Reẏ acab ſi a una. a q̃ q̃ero ẏo mal. enũqua me dize bien ſi no mal. Micheas el fil de imbla

     [El rey de Israel demandó consejo a los prophetas falsos si iríe a Ramot Galaad, e dixieron-le “Sub e ha provez, ca la dará Dios en tu mano.” Dixo Josaphat “¿Ha aquí propheta del Criador a quien demandassemos consejo?” Dixo el rey Acab “Sí, ha una a que quiero yo mal, e nunqua me dize bien si no mal. Micheas el fil de Imbla.”]

     The king of Israel sought the counsel of the false prophets on whether he should go to Ramoth-Gilead, and they said, “Go up and have bravery, for God will give it into your hand.” [But] Jehoshaphat said, “Is there here a prophet of the Creator from whom we may seek counsel?” King Ahab said, “Yes, there is one whom I hate, [for] he never speaks to me [of] good, only evil. [He is] Micaiah son of Imlah.”

Related terms

• falsedat

Descendants

• Spanish: falso

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfaw.su/ [ˈfaʊ̯.su]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfaw.su/ [ˈfaʊ̯.su]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfaw.so/ [ˈfaʊ̯.so]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfal.su/ [ˈfaɫ.su]

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -alsu, -awsu
• Hyphenation: fal‧so

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese falso, from Latin falsus (“deceived”), from fallō (“to deceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰwel- (“to lie, deceive”).

Adjective

falso (feminine falsa, masculine plural falsos, feminine plural falsas)

1. false; untrue; not factual; wrong

   Synonyms: irreal, incorreto, errado, equivocado, inválido

2. false; artificial; fake

   Synonyms: postiço, artificial, de mentira

3. (logic) false

   Synonym: F

4. that which deceives or lies

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ilusório

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:falso.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “untrue”): real, correto, certo, válido, verdadeiro
• (antonym(s) of “artificial”): de verdade
• (antonym(s) of “in logic”): verdadeiro, V
• (antonym(s) of “that which deceives”): fiel, leal

Related terms

• falcatrua
• falcatruar
• falsário
• falseado
• falseamento
• falsear
• falsidade
• falsificação
• falsificado
• falsificador
• falsificar
• falsificável

Descendants

• → Malay: palsu
  • Indonesian: palsu
  • Peranakan Indonesian: palsoe
• →? Marathi: फालस (phālas)

Etymology 2

Verb

falso

1. first-person singular present indicative of falsar

Further reading

• “falso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “falso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish falso, from Latin falsus, with preservation of /alC/ and initial /f/, which Coromines & Pascual suppose is the result of learned pronunciation habits.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfalso/ [ˈfal.so]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -also
• Syllabification: fal‧so

Adjective

falso (feminine falsa, masculine plural falsos, feminine plural falsas, superlative falsísimo)

1. false; untrue

   Synonym: falaz

2. fake; counterfeit

   Synonyms: falsificado, contrahecho, de mentira

Usage notes

• This adjective often goes before the noun in many phrases

Antonyms

• verdadero

Derived terms

• belladona falsa
• en falso
• falsa conciencia
• falsa oronja
• falso 9
• falso amigo
• falso anglicismo
• falso negativo
• falso pico
• falso testimonio
• perfil falso (“catfish”)

Related terms

• falsar
• falsear
• falsedad

Verb

falso

1. first-person singular present indicative of falsar

References

• Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “falso”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎^[2] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 841

Further reading

• “falso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025