prevaricar

Meaning

  1. to prevaricate
  2. to commit perjury
  3. to fall short performing, or to neglect, one's duties
  4. (colloquial) to go mad

Concepts

Synonyms

darle vueltas al asunto

dar una respuesta ambigua

usar equívocos

trapisondar

Translations

prevaricar

traficar

tripijocs

Ausflüchte machen

trafiques

zweideutig reden

gemein handeln

Unsinn reden

wie die Katze um den heißen Brei schleichen

Ware anpreisen

ψεύδομαι

Hyphenated as
pre‧va‧ri‧car
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɾebaɾiˈkaɾ/
Etymology

In summary

From Latin praevāricārī. Cognate with English prevaricate.

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