farsante

adj.

1 deceitful.

2 fake, faker, false, humbug.

f. & m.

1 deceitful person.

es un farsante he's a fraud

2 phoney, phony, faker, charlatan.

3 show-off, braggart, boaster, old humbug.

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farsante

► adjetivo

1 lying, deceitful

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 fake, impostor

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masculino y femenino fraud, fake

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= charlatan, con artist, con man, humbug, fabricator, fraud, fraudster, hoaxer, hoaxster.

Ex. He is gullible, not very bright, the ready dupe of the charlatan and the demagogue.

Ex. This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and an idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.

Ex. His supporters call him a 'smoothie', while his critics generally portray him as a 'glib con man'.

Ex. Worldly people and even monks without spiritual discernment are nearly always attracted by humbugs, imposters, hypocrites and those who are in demonic delusion.

Ex. It is important to remember that the story of the American West has been told as much by fabulists and fabricators as by historians.

Ex. You know what they say, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck, or in this case, a lying, stealing, cheating fraud.

Ex. The article 'Keeping fraudsters in check' describes computerized systems now being developed to help combat fraud.

Ex. In a subsequent call the hoaxer suggested that another bomb had been planted on the highway leading to the airport.

Ex. This recent tsunami is not the first disaster to be exploited by email hoaxsters.

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masculino y femenino fraud, fake

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= charlatan, con artist, con man, humbug, fabricator, fraud, fraudster, hoaxer, hoaxster.

Ex: He is gullible, not very bright, the ready dupe of the charlatan and the demagogue.

Ex: This unlikely threesome of a con artist, a hit man, and an idiot find themselves in deep water when their heist doesn't go off as planned.

Ex: His supporters call him a 'smoothie', while his critics generally portray him as a 'glib con man'.

Ex: Worldly people and even monks without spiritual discernment are nearly always attracted by humbugs, imposters, hypocrites and those who are in demonic delusion.

Ex: It is important to remember that the story of the American West has been told as much by fabulists and fabricators as by historians.

Ex: You know what they say, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it must be a duck, or in this case, a lying, stealing, cheating fraud.

Ex: The article 'Keeping fraudsters in check' describes computerized systems now being developed to help combat fraud.

Ex: In a subsequent call the hoaxer suggested that another bomb had been planted on the highway leading to the airport.

Ex: This recent tsunami is not the first disaster to be exploited by email hoaxsters.

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farsante

masculine and feminine

fraud, fake

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farsante sustantivo masculino y femenino
fraud, fake
farsante mf (impostor) fake, impostor
'farsante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
comedianta
- comediante
- encantador
- encantadora
English:
fake
- fraud
- phoney
- see
- sham

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farsante

♦ adj

deceitful;

¡qué farsantes son! they're such frauds!

♦ nmf

fraud;

es un farsante he's a fraud

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farsante

m/f fraud, fake

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farsante nmf

charlatán: charlatan, fraud, phony