difamar

v.

1 to slander (verbalmente).

2 to defame, to badmouth, to slander, to dishonor.

María desprestigió al alcalde Mary slandered the mayor.

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difamar

► verbo transitivo

1 to defame, slander

2 (por escrito) to libel

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verb

to libel, slander

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VT

1) (Jur) [al hablar] to slander; [por escrito] to libel

2) (=calumniar) to slander, malign

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verbo transitivo (Der) (por escrito) to libel, defame (frml); (oralmente) to slander, defame (frml)

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= vilify, slander, smear, malign.

Ex. Robert Kent's sole agenda is to attack Cuba and vilify the Cuban library community while supporting the US government's interventionist destabilization policies.

Ex. Just because the facts don't support his views, he threatens, slanders, lies, obfuscates and charges 'lies, hypocrisy and cruelty'.

Ex. As a result of this policy hundreds of priests have been been suspended from ministry and have had their names publicly smeared without proof or even credible evidence.

Ex. To accomplish this higher purpose, Panizzi argued, required a deliberately designed 'system,' and his much maligned rules, whatever their individual merits or demerits, were intended to embody that system.

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verbo transitivo (Der) (por escrito) to libel, defame (frml); (oralmente) to slander, defame (frml)

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= vilify, slander, smear, malign.

Ex: Robert Kent's sole agenda is to attack Cuba and vilify the Cuban library community while supporting the US government's interventionist destabilization policies.

Ex: Just because the facts don't support his views, he threatens, slanders, lies, obfuscates and charges 'lies, hypocrisy and cruelty'.

Ex: As a result of this policy hundreds of priests have been been suspended from ministry and have had their names publicly smeared without proof or even credible evidence.

Ex: To accomplish this higher purpose, Panizzi argued, required a deliberately designed 'system,' and his much maligned rules, whatever their individual merits or demerits, were intended to embody that system.

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difamar [A1 ]

vt

1 (Der) (por escrito) to libel, defame (frml); (oralmente) to slander, defame (frml)

2 (criticar) to malign, sling mud at (colloq)

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difamar (conjugate difamar) verbo transitivo (por escrito) to libel, defame (frml);
(oralmente) to slander, defame (frml)
difamar verbo transitivo to defame
'difamar' also found in these entries:
English:
blacken
- libel
- malign
- mud
- slander
- smear

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difamar vt

[de palabra] to slander; [por escrito] to libel

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difamar

v/t defame; de palabra slander; por escrito libel

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difamar vt

: to defame, to slander