equivocate
Meaning
- (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.
- (transitive) To render equivocal or ambiguous.
Synonyms
prevaricate
speak indirectly
make a pun
be evasive
to mask a falsehood
wag one’s tongue
Translations
tergiverser
dar una respuesta ambigua
tergiversar
ألغز رحرح لاغز الغز ورب
tergiversar
zweideutig reden Wörter verdrehen
αμφιλέγω διφορούμαι افكPronounced as (IPA)
/ɪˈkwɪvəˌkeɪt/
Etymology
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.
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