Meanings (ES + gloss)
bobería • disparate • farsa • tontería
A hoax, jest, or prank.
The universal jester: or, a pocket companion for the wits. Being a choice collection of merry conceits, facetious Drolleries, humorous Waggeries, smart Repartees, pleasant Jokes, C…
embrollo • fraude • trampa
A fraud or sham; (uncountable) hypocrisy.
Look at the affairs of nations on the widest scale—look at their intercourse with each other—look at the manifestoes, by which war is declared—look at the treaties, by which peace…
What is the civility of the landlord and his waiters but humbug? What the smirking, smiling, ducking and bowing of the shopkeeper, but humbug? What his sweet and gentle "yes, sirs,…
embaucador • tramposo
A cheat, fraudster, or hypocrite.
All poets are humbugs, all literary men are humbugs; directly a man begins to sell his feelings for money he’s a humbug.
He is a political humbug, the greatest of all humbugs; a man who swaggers about London clubs and consults solemnly about his influence, and in the country is a nonentity.
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