fake
Significado (English)
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- Not real; false, fraudulent
- Insincere
Conceptos
Synonyms
charlatan
artificial goods
talk through one’s hat
prevaricate
pose as
spurious article
artificial product
find an excuse
clip artist
sharpy
jiggery pokery
make as if
Frecuencia
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/feɪ̯k/
Etimología (English)
In summary
The origin is not known with certainty, although first attested in 1775 C.E. in British criminals' slang. It is probably from feak, feague (“to give a better appearance through artificial means, spruce up, embellish”); akin to Dutch veeg (“a swipe”), Dutch vegen (“to sweep, wipe”); German fegen (“to sweep, to polish”). Compare also Old English fācn (“deceit, fraud”). Perhaps related also to Old Norse fjúka (“to fade, vanquish, disappear”), Old Norse feikn (“strange, scary, unnatural”).
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