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Meaning of Hoax | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard

həʊks

Definitions

Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.

Equivalents

العربية الخدعة

Български изма́ма измамвам номер шега́

Bosanski blago čast

Català engany

Čeština bouda habaďúra kachna napálit podvést podvod žert

Cymraeg cast

Deutsch anführen einen Bären aufbinden Ente Falschmeldung foppen Gag hereinlegen Schabernack Schwindel Streich Trick Ulk

Ελληνικά απάτη φάρσα

Esperanto blago mistifiko

Español borrego bulo embuste engaño filfa fraude infundio paparrucha paparruchada trola

Suomi huijata huijaus huiju petkutus

Français berner canular duper hoax intox mystification

Galego andrómena baratar conto enguedello trapallada

עברית מתח

Hrvatski blago čast

Magyar átverés kacsa tréfa

Bahasa Indonesia berita bohong hoaks

Italiano bufala frodare frode inganno

日本語でっち上げペテンペテンに掛ける悪戯

한국어 사기치다 속임수를 쓰다

Polski bujda granda humbug kaczka dziennikarska lipa mistyfikacja mistyfikacyjny mistyfikatorski oszukać oszukiwać pic przekręcać przekręcić szalbierstwo

Português embuste embustice fraudar fraude hoax logro ludibrio

Română fumigenă păcăli

Русский вводи́ть в заблужде́ние мистификация обман обманывать разыграть разыгрывать розыгрыш трюк

Српски blago čast

Svenska bedra bluff lura

Tagalog talimangmang

Türkçe asparagas

Tiếng Việt chơi khăm lừa đảo tin vịt

Examples

“The phone call to the police about a tiger in a tree turned out to be a hoax.”

“The news story about the pop singer coming to town, unfortunately for his fans, turned out to be a hoax.”

CEFR level

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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