embuste

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Uncertain. Perhaps inherited from Latin impositum according to 1914’s DRAE, of unknown origin according to recent editions. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -ust͡ʃi, (Portugal) -uʃtɨ Hyphenation: em‧bus‧te === Noun === embuste m (plural embustes) a scam or hoax Synonyms: ardil, truque (slang) an annoying person (slang) an ugly person === Further reading === “embuste”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “embuste”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “embuste”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “embuste”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /emˈbuste/ [ẽmˈbus.t̪e] Rhymes: -uste Syllabification: em‧bus‧te === Etymology 1 === From Latin impositum according to 1914’s DRAE, of unknown origin according to recent editions. ==== Noun ==== embuste m (plural embustes) lie, deception, hoax Synonyms: mentira, grupo (in the plural) trinkets ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== embuste inflection of embustir: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “embuste”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025