# falso
## Asturian
### Adjective

falso
* neuter of falsu

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfalso/ [ˈfɑl.s̺ʊ]
* Rhymes: -also
* Hyphenation: fal‧so

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese falso, from Latin falsus (“deceived”).

#### Adjective

falso (feminine falsa, masculine plural falsos, feminine plural falsas)
* false
    Antonym: verdadeiro
* fake
    Antonyms: verdadeiro, xenuíno
* untrustworthy
    Synonyms: mentirán, mentireiro

##### Derived terms

* falsamente
* falsar

#### Noun

falso m (plural falsos)
* hem of a garment
    Synonyms: basta, ganduxo

#### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “falso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “falso”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “falso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “falso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “falso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

falso
* first-person singular present indicative of falsar

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfal.so/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -also
* Hyphenation: fàl‧so

### Etymology 1

From Latin falsus, from fallere.

#### Adjective

falso (feminine falsa, masculine plural falsi, feminine plural false, superlative falsissimo)
* false
* sham

##### Synonyms

* finto

##### Antonyms

* vero, autentico

#### Noun

falso m (plural falsi)
* forgery
* sham

##### Related terms

* falsamente
* falsare
* falsario
* falsificare
* falsità
* falsopiano

##### Descendants

* → Egyptian Arabic: فلصو (falsu)
* → Turkish: falso

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

falso
* first-person singular present indicative of falsare

### Anagrams

* solfa

## Latin
### Etymology

From falsus, perfect passive participle of fallō (“deceive, trick”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈfal.soː/, [ˈfäɫ̪s̠oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈfal.so/, [ˈfälso]

### Adverb

falsō (not comparable)
* falsely, wrongfully, deceitfully
    Synonyms: falsē, perperam
    Antonym: rēctē
** 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.18:auctorem doctrinae eius [...] falso samium Pithagoram eduntThey falsely declare that his master was Pithagoras

### Verb

falsō (present infinitive falsāre, perfect active falsāvī, supine falsātum); first conjugation
* to falsify

#### Derived terms

* falsātiō
* falsātus
* falsificus
* falsiloquus
* falsitās

#### Related terms

* fallō
* falsus

#### Descendants

* Catalan: falsar
* French: fausser
* Italian: falsare
* Old Galician-Portuguese: falsar
** Galician: falsar
** Portuguese: falsar
* Spanish: falsar

### Noun

falsō
* dative/ablative singular of falsus
* dative/ablative singular of falsum

### References

* “falso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “falso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* "falso", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* falso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. to be imbibing false opinions: opiniones falsas animo imbibere
* Online Latin dictionary, Olivetti

## Old Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin falsus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfalso/

### Adjective

falso (feminine singular falsa, masculine plural falsos, feminine plural falsas)
* false
** c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 41vb.
    el Reẏ de iſrɫ demádo cóseio alos ppħas falſos ſi ẏrie aramot galáad. e dixieron le ſub. e á prouez ca la dara dios en tu mano. dixo ioſaphat á aq́ ppħa del criador á q́en demádaſſemos cóſejo. dixo el Reẏ acab ſi a una. a q́ q́ero ẏo mal. enúqua me dize bien ſi no mal. Micheas el fil de imblaThe king of Israel sought the counsel of the false prophets on whether he should go to Ramoth-Gilead, and they said, “Go up and have bravery, for God will give it into your hand.” [But] Jehoshaphat said, “Is there here a prophet of the Creator from whom we may seek counsel?” King Ahab said, “Yes, there is one whom I hate, [for] he never speaks to me [of] good, only evil. [He is] Micaiah son of Imlah.”

#### Related terms

* falsedat

#### Descendants

* Spanish: falso

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfaw.su/ [ˈfaʊ̯.su]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfaw.su/ [ˈfaʊ̯.su]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈfaw.so/ [ˈfaʊ̯.so]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈfal.su/ [ˈfaɫ.su]
* Rhymes: -alsu, -awsu
* Hyphenation: fal‧so

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese falso, from Latin falsus (“deceived”), from fallō (“to deceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰwel- (“to lie, deceive”).

#### Adjective

falso (feminine falsa, masculine plural falsos, feminine plural falsas)
* false; untrue; not factual; wrong
    Synonyms: irreal, incorreto, errado, equivocado, inválido
* false; artificial; fake
    Synonyms: postiço, artificial, de mentira
* (logic) false
    Synonym: F
* that which deceives or lies
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ilusório

##### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:falso.

##### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “untrue”): real, correto, certo, válido, verdadeiro
* (antonym(s) of “artificial”): de verdade
* (antonym(s) of “in logic”): verdadeiro, V
* (antonym(s) of “that which deceives”): fiel, leal

##### Related terms

* falcatrua
* falcatruar
* falsário
* falseado
* falseamento
* falsear
* falsidade
* falsificação
* falsificado
* falsificador
* falsificar
* falsificável

##### Descendants

* → Malay: palsu
** Indonesian: palsu
** Peranakan Indonesian: palsoe

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

falso
* first-person singular present indicative of falsar

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish falso, from Latin falsus, with preservation of /alC/ and initial /f/, which Coromines & Pascual suppose is the result of learned pronunciation habits.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfalso/ [ˈfal.so]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -also
* Syllabification: fal‧so

### Adjective

falso (feminine falsa, masculine plural falsos, feminine plural falsas, superlative falsísimo)
* false; untrue
    Synonym: falaz
* fake; counterfeit
    Synonyms: falsificado, contrahecho, de mentira

#### Usage notes

* This adjective often goes before the noun in many phrases

#### Antonyms

* verdadero

#### Derived terms

* en falso
* falsa conciencia
* falsa oronja
* falso 9
* falso amigo
* falso anglicismo
* falso negativo
* falso pico
* falso testimonio
* perfil falso (“catfish”)
* pista falsa

#### Related terms

* falsar
* falsear
* falsedad

### Verb

falso
* first-person singular present indicative of falsar

### References

* Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “falso”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 841

### Further reading

* “falso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10