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English
Pronunciation
Adverb
to tell the truth (not comparable)
- (idiomatic) An attestation to the truthfulness and frankness of an associated statement.
- Synonyms: to be honest, to tell you the truth, (initialism) TTTT; see also Thesaurus:actually
Translations
attestation to the truthfulness and frankness of a statement
- Bashkir: дөрөҫөн әйткәндә (döröśön əytkəndə)
- Bengali: বলিতে কি (bn) (bolite ki)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 老實說／老实说 (zh) (lǎoshishuō)
- Finnish: totta puhuen, toden sanoakseni
- French: à vrai dire (fr), à dire vrai (fr)
- German: um die Wahrheit zu sagen
- Greek: εδώ που τα λέμε (edó pou ta léme)
- Icelandic: reyndar, raunar, í raun og veru, satt best að segja, frómt frá sagt
- Irish: déanta na fírinne
- Italian: a dire il vero, a onor del vero
- Japanese: 実を言えば (じつをいえば, jitsu-o ieba)
- Polish: prawdę mówiąc (pl)
- Russian: по пра́вде говоря́ (ru) (po právde govorjá), че́стно говоря́ (ru) (čéstno govorjá)
- Scottish Gaelic: leis an fhìrinn innse, a dh'innse na fìrinn
- Ukrainian: пра́вду ка́жучи (právdu kážučy)
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