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See also: Falso, falsó, and falsò

Asturian

Adjective

falso

  1. neuter of falsu

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese falso, from Latin falsus (deceived).

Pronunciation

Adjective

falso (feminine falsa, masculine plural falsos, feminine plural falsas)

  1. false
    Antonym: verdadeiro
  2. fake
    Antonyms: verdadeiro, xenuíno
  3. untrustworthy
    Synonyms: mentirán, mentireiro
Derived terms

Noun

falso m (plural falsos)

  1. hem of a garment
    Synonyms: basta, ganduxo

References

  • Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (20062022) “falso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (20062018) “falso”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • falso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • falso” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • falso” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

falso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of falsar

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfal.so/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -also
  • Hyphenation: fàl‧so

Etymology 1

From Latin falsus, from fallere.

Adjective

falso (feminine falsa, masculine plural falsi, feminine plural false, superlative falsissimo)

  1. false
  2. sham
Synonyms
Antonyms

Noun

falso m (plural falsi)

  1. forgery
  2. sham
Descendants
  • Egyptian Arabic: فلصو (falsu)
  • Turkish: falso

Etymology 2

Verb

falso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of falsare

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From falsus, perfect passive participle of fallō (deceive, trick).

Pronunciation

Adverb

falsō (not comparable)

  1. falsely, wrongfully, deceitfully
    Synonyms: falsē, perperam
    Antonym: rēctē

Verb

falsō (present infinitive falsāre, perfect active falsāvī, supine falsātum); first conjugation

  1. to falsify

Conjugation

   Conjugation of falsō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present falsō falsās falsat falsāmus falsātis falsant
imperfect falsābam falsābās falsābat falsābāmus falsābātis falsābant
future falsābō falsābis falsābit falsābimus falsābitis falsābunt
perfect falsāvī falsāvistī falsāvit falsāvimus falsāvistis falsāvērunt,
falsāvēre
pluperfect falsāveram falsāverās falsāverat falsāverāmus falsāverātis falsāverant
future perfect falsāverō falsāveris falsāverit falsāverimus falsāveritis falsāverint
passive present falsor falsāris,
falsāre
falsātur falsāmur falsāminī falsantur
imperfect falsābar falsābāris,
falsābāre
falsābātur falsābāmur falsābāminī falsābantur
future falsābor falsāberis,
falsābere
falsābitur falsābimur falsābiminī falsābuntur
perfect falsātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect falsātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect falsātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present falsem falsēs falset falsēmus falsētis falsent
imperfect falsārem falsārēs falsāret falsārēmus falsārētis falsārent
perfect falsāverim falsāverīs falsāverit falsāverīmus falsāverītis falsāverint
pluperfect falsāvissem falsāvissēs falsāvisset falsāvissēmus falsāvissētis falsāvissent
passive present falser falsēris,
falsēre
falsētur falsēmur falsēminī falsentur
imperfect falsārer falsārēris,
falsārēre
falsārētur falsārēmur falsārēminī falsārentur
perfect falsātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect falsātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present falsā falsāte
future falsātō falsātō falsātōte falsantō
passive present falsāre falsāminī
future falsātor falsātor falsantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives falsāre falsāvisse falsātūrum esse falsārī falsātum esse falsātum īrī
participles falsāns falsātūrus falsātus falsandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
falsandī falsandō falsandum falsandō falsātum falsātū

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

falsō

  1. dative/ablative singular of falsus
  2. dative/ablative singular of falsum

References

  • falso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • falso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • falso in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • falso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be imbibing false opinions: opiniones falsas animo imbibere
  • Online Latin dictionary, Olivetti

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin falsus (deceived, mistaken, false), from fallō (I deceive, mistake).

Pronunciation

Adjective

falso (feminine singular falsa, masculine plural falsos, feminine plural falsas)

  1. false
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 41vb.
      el Reẏ de iſrɫ demádo cóseio alos ppħas falſos ſi ẏrie aramot galáad. e dixieron le ſub. e á prouez ca la dara dios en tu mano. dixo ioſaphat á aq́ ppħa del criador á q́en demádaſſemos cóſejo. dixo el Reẏ acab ſi a una. a q́ q́ero ẏo mal. enúqua me dize bien ſi no mal. Micheas el fil de imbla
      The king of Israel sought the counsel of the false prophets on whether he should go to Ramoth-Gilead, and they said, “Go up and have bravery, for God will give it into your hand.” Jehoshaphat said, “Is there here a prophet of the Creator from whom we may seek counsel?” King Ahab said, “Yes, there is one whom I hate, he never speaks to me good, only evil. Micaiah son of Imlah.”

Descendants

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese falso, from Latin falsus (deceived), from fallō (to deceive), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰwel- (to lie, deceive).

Adjective

falso (feminine falsa, masculine plural falsos, feminine plural falsas)

  1. false; untrue; not factual; wrong
    Synonyms: irreal, incorreto, errado, equivocado, inválido
  2. false; artificial; fake
    Synonyms: postiço, artificial, de mentira
  3. (logic) false
    Synonym: F
  4. that which deceives or lies
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ilusório
Quotations

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Antonyms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Verb

falso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of falsar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish falso, from Latin falsus, with preservation of /alC/ and initial /f/, which Coromines & Pascual suppose is the result of learned pronunciation habits.

Pronunciation

Adjective

falso (feminine falsa, masculine plural falsos, feminine plural falsas, superlative falsísimo)

  1. false; untrue
    Synonym: falaz
  2. fake; counterfeit
    Synonym: contrahecho

Usage notes

  • This adjective often goes before the noun in many phrases

Antonyms

Derived terms

Verb

falso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of falsar

References

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