equivocate

Signification (Anglais)

1. (intransitive) To speak using double meaning; to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, with intent to deceive; to vacillate in one's answers, responding with equivoques.
2. (transitive) To render equivocal or ambiguous.

Concepts

tergiverser

tourner autour du pot

Synonymes

prevaricate

quibble

beat around the bush

tergiversate

palter

evade

avoid

dodge

elude

fib

hedge

lie

quip

stall

waffle

🧇

fend off

speak indirectly

fudge

haggle

make a pun

hesitate

be evasive

move around

oppugn

circulate

circuit

put off

browse

to mask a falsehood

rove

shirk

sidestep

sidetrack

skirt

wag one’s tongue

swan

🦢

bicker

skate over

tour

travel

twiddle

vagabond

vague

shy away from

waver

wisecrack

clear

controvert

deny

yield

Traductions

tergiversar

dar una respuesta ambigua

ألغز

الغز

رحرح

لاغز

ورب

لغز

tergiversar

zweideutig reden

Wörter verdrehen

αμφιλέγω

διφορούμαι

falsificare

افك

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɪˈkwɪvəˌkeɪt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: equivocaten

Appartenant à français: équivoquer

In summary

From Late Middle English equivocaten, from Medieval Latin aequivocātus, perfect passive participle of aequivocō (“I am called by the same name”), from Late Latin aequivocus (“ambiguous, equivocal”). Compare French équivoque.