bulo

/ˈbulo/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
bulos

Meaning

  1. hoax

    • Difundieron un bulo.

      They spread a hoax.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

patraña

bulo and patraña are close synonyms for a "hoax," a fabricated lie, interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

German

Betrug

Close — a hoax relates to fraud, deception.

Practice

1 What does bulo mean?

2 Fill the gap: Difundieron un ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches bulo?

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