bogus

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An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
adjective
a. falso
He came in with some bogus complaint about our workers damaging his car.Vino con una queja falsa de que nuestros trabajadores habían dañado su coche.
b. falaz
The whole plan is based on bogus arguments.Todo el plan está basado en argumentos falaces.
c. fingido
His interest in the project was bogus. He just wanted to get to speak to Stephanie.Su interés por el proyecto era fingido. Lo único que quería era conseguir hablar con Stephanie.
d. fraudulento
We bought our tickets on a bogus website and never got our money back.Compramos los boletos en una web fraudulenta y nunca recuperamos el dinero.
e. fantasma (company)
The gang used a bogus company to swindle clients out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.La banda usaba una empresa fantasma para estafar cientos de miles de dólares a los clientes.
f.
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
no direct translation
A bogus doctor worked at the hospital for three years.Alguien que se hizo pasar por médico trabajó tres años en el hospital.
A bogus policeman pulled them over on the highway and robbed them.Un hombre disfrazado de policía los hizo parar en la carretera y los robó.
2.
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
(bad)
Regionalism used in the United States
(United States)
a.
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
no direct translation
The computer you sold me is bogus.La computadora que me vendiste es un timo.
The way you treat her seems totally bogus to me.La manera como la tratas me parece fatal.
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