sham

falso, fingido

Hecho para parecer auténtico y engañar a la gente.

En inglés sencillo: Made to seem real in order to trick people.

• They arranged a sham marriage.
• The opposition called it a sham election.
• A sham investigation helped the company hide its mistakes.

Sinónimos: fake, false, bogus

Antónimos: genuine, real

Expresiones frecuentes: sham marriage, sham election, sham trial, sham wedding

farsa, engaño

Algo falso que se presenta como auténtico u honesto.

En inglés sencillo: Something presented as real or honest that is actually false.

• The competition was a sham.
• Their supposed friendship turned out to be a sham.
• She exposed the charity as a sham.

Sinónimos: fake, fraud, pretence

Expresiones frecuentes: a complete sham, a total sham, expose a sham

engaño, fingimiento

La práctica de hacer pasar cosas falsas por reales para engañar a otros.

En inglés sencillo: The practice of making false things seem real to trick people.

• He relied on sham and deceit.
• She hated the sham that surrounded court life.
• Their business depended on sham rather than honest work.

Sinónimos: deception, trickery, deceit

Antónimos: honesty

Expresiones frecuentes: sham and deceit, sham and trickery, practice of sham

fingir, simular

Hacer creer que algo falso es verdad para engañar a alguien.

En inglés sencillo: To pretend something false is true in order to trick someone.

• He tried to sham illness.
• She shammed a headache to leave early.
• The doctor knew that the patient was shamming.

Cómo se usa: sham something (He shammed an injury to avoid training.)

Sinónimos: fake, feign, pretend

Expresiones frecuentes: sham illness, sham an injury, sham being sick, sham a headache