spoof

parodia

Imitación divertida de una película, persona o estilo que exagera sus rasgos o los presenta como ridículos.

En inglés sencillo: A funny imitation of a film, person, or style that makes its features seem silly or extreme.

• We watched a funny spy spoof.
• The film is a spoof of old horror movies.
• Her comedy show includes spoofs of famous adverts.

Cómo se usa: a spoof of something (They made a spoof of a famous detective series.)

Sinónimos: parody, send-up

Expresiones frecuentes: spoof of something, horror spoof, spy spoof

suplantación

Ataque en internet o contenido digital falso que aparenta proceder de una fuente de confianza.

En inglés sencillo: An online attack or fake digital item that pretends to come from a trusted source.

• That bank website is a spoof.
• The security team detected an email spoof.
• A convincing spoof persuaded users to enter their passwords.

Expresiones frecuentes: email spoof, website spoof, address spoof

engaño, broma

Truco para hacer creer algo falso a alguien, muchas veces como broma.

En inglés sencillo: A trick intended to make someone believe something false, often as a joke.

• The announcement was a spoof.
• His friends planned a harmless spoof for his birthday.
• Everyone believed the story until the spoof was revealed.

Sinónimos: hoax, prank

Expresiones frecuentes: elaborate spoof, harmless spoof

parodiar

Imitar a alguien o algo de forma divertida para que parezca ridículo.

En inglés sencillo: To imitate someone or something in a funny way that makes them seem silly.

• The sketch spoofs a famous actor.
• They spoofed several detective films.
• Her new comedy spoofs the world of fashion.

Sinónimos: parody, mock

Expresiones frecuentes: spoof a movie, spoof someone, spoof a genre

suplantar, falsificar

Falsificar una identidad o fuente digital para que parezca pertenecer a otra persona.

En inglés sencillo: To fake a digital identity or source so that it appears to belong to someone else.

• Scammers can spoof your phone number.
• The attackers spoofed the sender’s email address.
• Someone is spoofing the company website to steal passwords.

Sinónimos: fake, falsify

Expresiones frecuentes: spoof an address, spoof a website, spoof caller identity

engañar

Hacer que una persona o un sistema acepte información falsa o reaccione de forma equivocada.

En inglés sencillo: To make someone or something accept false information or respond in the wrong way.

• The false signal spoofed the radar.
• They tried to spoof the enemy with misleading messages.
• The device can spoof sensors into reporting the wrong distance.

Cómo se usa: spoof someone/something into doing something (The signal spoofed the system into reporting a false position.)

Sinónimos: trick, fool, deceive

Expresiones frecuentes: spoof someone, spoof a system, spoof enemy radar