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"Piratear" is a transitive verb which is often translated as "to pirate", and "falsificar" is a transitive verb which is often translated as "to forge". Learn more about the difference between "piratear" and "falsificar" below.
piratear(
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)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
1. (legal)
a. to pirate
Subir el precio de los discos no es la manera de conseguir que la gente deje de piratear música.Increasing record prices isn't the way to get people stop pirating music.
2. (computing)
a. to hack into
Un hacker pirateó los servidores de la empresa y nos robó información de los usuarios.A hacker hacked into our company's servers and stole our users' information.
a. to botch
Pedro pirateó su porción del proyecto y tuvo que rehacerla.Pedro botched his part of the project and had to do it all over again.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
4. (nautical)
a. to commit piracy
De niño soñaba con ser pirata y piratear por las costas de los siete mares.When I was a kid, I dreamed of being a pirate and committing piracy along the coasts of the seven seas.
falsificar(
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)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
1. (to fake)
a. to forge
Pilar falsificó la firma de su madre por miedo a que supiera que había reprobado.Pilar forged her mother's signature for fear of her knowing that she had failed.
El abogado defensor acusó a la fiscalía de falsificar la evidencia utilizada para condenar a su cliente.The defense lawyer accused the prosecutors of forging the evidence used to convict his client.
b. to counterfeit
Laura falsificó una identificación para poder entrar a las discotecas para mayores de edad.Laura counterfeited an ID so she could get into nightclubs for people of legal age.
2. (to alter)
a. to forge
El hombre estaba tan desesperado por dinero que falsificó un cheque e intentó cambiarlo.The man was so desperate for money that he forged a check and tried to cash it.
b. to falsify
Es un delito falsificar la información en el acta de nacimiento.It's a crime to falsify the information on your birth certificate.
