patraña

/paˈtɾaɲa/

la noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

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

Forms

plural
las patrañas

Meaning

  1. hoax

    • Es una patraña.

      It's 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

bulo

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

Similar in other languages

English

fraud

Close — a hoax relates to fraud.

Practice

1 What does patraña mean?

2 Fill the gap: Es una ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches patraña?

noun

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