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false

[fɔːls]

adjetivo

1falso(a) (incorrect)

false alarm -> falsa alarma (f)
the ceasefire turned out to be a false dawn -> el alto el fuego se convirtió en una esperanza frustrada
it's a false economy -> es un falso ahorro
false friend -> falso amigo (m) (in foreign language)
false modesty -> falsa modestia (f)
false note (Mus) (& sentido figurado) -> nota (f) falsa
under false pretenses -> bajo falsas apariencias
false start -> salida (f) nula (in race)
to bear false witness -> presentar falso testimonio

2infiel (unfaithful)

3postizo(a) (not real) (beard, nose)

false teeth -> dentadura (f) postiza, caja (f) de dientes (español de Colombia, español de la República Dominicana)

false [fols]

adjetivo

1Falso, contrario a la verdad o a los hechos.

2Fingido, postizo, contrahecho, falseado.

3No conforme a la regla, incorrecto, irregular, ilegal.

4Mentiroso, falsificador.

5Engañoso, falaz, pérfido, desleal, infiel, traidor, aleve.

6Provisional, de sustitución, o imitado de; falso. (Mecánica)

7(Bio.) Cuasi, seudo; impropiamente nombrado o titulado; incompleto en su disposición o en sus funciones.

8(Mús.) Falso, discordante, que hace violencia a las reglas de la armonía.

adverbio

9Falsamente, infustamente.

False teeth -> dientes postizos
A false claim -> una pretensión infundada
False imprionment -> prisión, detención ilegal

false [fɔːls]

adjective

1 (untruthful) [+statement, accusation] falso; (mistaken) [+idea, assumption, accusation] equivocado

to give a false impressionimpression dar una impresión falsa

false movemove movimiento en falso; (m)

one false move and you're dead un movimiento en falso y te mato

the police have to deal with escalating crime knowing that one false move can result in charges that they are racist he was watching him deal, and had not been able to detect one false move Her boyfriend, Patrick, stood by and did nothing, not out of cowardice, but because he knew he knew one false move would end in death

false notenote nota falsa; (f)

a false sense of securitysense una falsa sensación de seguridad

the gale that had postponed the landing had given the GErmans a false sense of security She fears bodyguard services, such as Kottke's, could give vulnerable women a false sense of security Routine screening gives a false sense of security. A negative result needn' t stay negative, and positives don't appear until three months after infection

false stepstep paso en falso; (m)

one false step could send you over the edge into the abyss

lull true

2 (deceitful)

under false pretencespretences con engaños; con insidias

to extort money under false pretences obtener dinero con engaños insidias;or you came here under false pretences viniste aquí con engaños

you came here under false pretences - you said you were interested in me as a friend he's been cadging meals off me under false pretences for the last two months

to bear false witnesswitness especially (Bible) levantar falso testimonio

3 (inappropriate, insincere)

that was false economyeconomy fue un mal ahorro

to give sb false hope(s)hope(s) dar falsas esperanzas a algn

to raise false hopes crear falsas esperanzas

false modestymodesty falsa modestia; (f)

"I never thought I'd have to take off my clothes in front of everyone," she said. For a girl who has posed naked in Playboy, that smacks just a little of false modesty

false pridepride falso orgullo; (m)

There's no point in having any false pride. You'll just have to beg her to lend you the money He believes in equality. He has no false pride Loving yourself has nothing whatsoever to do with false pride or arrogance

his words rang falserang sus palabras sonaban a falso

false smilesmile sonrisa forzada; (f)

4 (artificial) [+hair, eyelashes] postizo

It's like pulling out a perfectly good tooth and putting a false one in its place

a suitcase with a false bottombottom una maleta con doble fondo

he registered in under a false nameorname se registró bajo un nombre falso

5 (old-fashioned) (disloyal) [+friend] desleal; pérfido; (unfaithful) [+lover] infiel;

modifier

false alarm (n) falsa alarma; (f)

false arrest (n) detención ilegal; (f)

he'll get compensation for false arrest

false ceiling (n) cielo raso; (m) falso techo; (m)

false dawn (n) espejismo; (m)

The new age of enterprise which the Government hoped would revitalise Britain in the Eighties turned out to be a false dawn in 1945, Guatemala enjoyed a brief, false dawn of political democracy and social reform

false friend (n) (Ling) falso amigo; (m)

false imprisonment (n) (by police) detención ilegal; (f) (by criminal) retención ilegal; (f)

they sued the Metropolitan Police for false imprisonment he was convicted of assault and false imprisonment

false start (n) (Dep) salida nula; (f) comienzo fallido; (m)

false teeth (n) dentadura postiza; (f) dientes postizos; (m)

false tooth (n) diente postizo; (m)

the dentist told me I'd have to have a false tooth to replace the one I'd lost in the accident

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