fiction

ficción

Historias sobre personajes y sucesos imaginarios, o las obras escritas que contienen esas historias.

En inglés sencillo: Stories about imaginary people and events, or writing that consists of these stories.

• I enjoy reading fiction.
• She writes crime fiction for young adults.
• The library keeps fiction on the ground floor.

Antónimos: nonfiction

Expresiones frecuentes: science fiction, crime fiction, read fiction

ficción

Algo inventado o aceptado como verdadero aunque no corresponda a la realidad.

En inglés sencillo: Something invented or treated as true even though it does not match reality.

• Their supposed friendship was a fiction.
• The law relies on a useful legal fiction.
• They maintained the fiction that everyone had equal power.

Sinónimos: invention, myth

Antónimos: fact

Expresiones frecuentes: legal fiction, convenient fiction, maintain a fiction

invención, mentira

Historia, afirmación o creencia falsa, a menudo utilizada para engañar.

En inglés sencillo: A false story, statement, or belief, often used to deceive people.

• His excuse was pure fiction.
• The reports were full of carefully invented fictions.
• Her claim to own the building turned out to be a fiction.

Sinónimos: fabrication, falsehood, lie

Antónimos: truth

Expresiones frecuentes: complete fiction, pure fiction, invent a fiction