have been humbugging
humbug(
huhm
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buhg
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (nonsense)
a. las tonterías (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
This article if full of unsupported humbug.Este artículo está lleno de tonterías sin sustento.
a. las patrañas (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Your claims are mere humbug. We'll see you in court!Sus afirmaciones son puras patrañas. ¡Nos veremos en los tribunales!
a. el embaucador (M), la embaucadora (F)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Those gurus who sell their financial self-help books are humbugs who should be exposed.Esos gurúes que venden sus libros de autoayuda financiera son embaucadores que deben ser desenmascarados.
b. el farsante (M), la farsante (F)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Phil? He's a humbug. Don't believe a word of what he says!¿Phil? Es un farsante. No creas una palabra de lo que dice.
a. el caramelo de menta (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
My sister brought me a jar of traditional humbugs from London.Mi hermana me trajo un frasco de los tradicionales caramelos de menta de Londres.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
5. (to deceive)
a. embaucar
After all the recent scams targeting pensioners, Mary was even more anxious about being humbugged.Después de todas las estafas recientes en que las víctimas eran pensionistas, a Mary le preocupaba aún más que pudieran embaucarla.
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