bugia

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) lie, untruth
2. (Italy, Northern, feminine, plural-normally) type of dessert in the form of fritters dusted with sugar, eaten during Carnival time; similar to angel wings

Adj

feminine singular of bugio

Concepts

lie

lie

falsehood

prevarication

fib

untruth

candlestick

untruthfulness

candleholder

candle holder

mistruth

alsehood

mendacity

deceit

deception

falsity

liar

lying

Synonyms

menzogna

falsità

mentire

fandonia

fola

baggianata

frottola

storia

balla

bugìa

candeliere

fiaba

finzione

fregnaccia

cosa non vera

inganno

mendacità

favola

panzana

pall’ccu’

sfonnone

bufala

Translations

Lüge

mentira

mensonge

mentira

mentida

leugen

yalan

Unwahrheit

messorga

كذب

ψέμα

menterie

ψέμμα

bobard

Hyphenated as

bu‧gì‧a

Pronounced as (IPA)

/buˈd͡ʒi.a/

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan bauzia, from Old Frankish *bausī (“deceit”) (possibly through a Vulgar Latin *bauscia (compare also Friulian bausie, Dalmatian bosca, Old French boisie), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bausuz (“puffed up, arrogant, bad”). Cognate with Dutch boos, German böse, English boast.