falsify

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• /ˈfɒlsɪfaɪ/
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From French falsifier, from Late Latin falsificāre (“make false, corrupt, counterfeit, falsify”), from Latin falsificus, from falsus (“false”), corresponding to false + -ify.

72 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: կեղծել (keġcel) — to alter so as to be false
• Belarusian: фальсіфікава́ць (falʹsifikavácʹ) — to alter so as to be false
• Bulgarian: фалшифици́рам (falšificíram) — to alter so as to be false
• Bulgarian: подпра́вям (podprávjam) — to alter so as to be false
• Bulgarian: подпра́вя (podprávja) — to alter so as to be false
• Catalan: falsificar — to alter so as to be false
• Catalan: falsejar — to alter so as to be false
• Dutch: vervalsen — to alter so as to be false
• Esperanto: falsi — to alter so as to be false
• Finnish: väärentää — to alter so as to be false
• French: falsifier — to alter so as to be false
• Galician: falsificar — to alter so as to be false
• Hungarian: hamisít — to alter so as to be false
• Hungarian: meghamisít — to alter so as to be false
• Japanese: 改竄する (kaizan suru) — to alter so as to be false
• Japanese: 偽造 (gizō suru) — to alter so as to be false
• Korean: 위조하다 (wijohada) — to alter so as to be false
• Latin: ēmentior — to alter so as to be false
• Latin: vitio — to alter so as to be false
• Māori: tahupera — to alter so as to be false
• Māori: aweke — to alter so as to be false
• Māori: whakatapeha — to alter so as to be false
• Polish: fałszować — to alter so as to be false
• Polish: podrabiać — to alter so as to be false
• Polish: sfingować — to alter so as to be false
• Polish: falsyfikować — to alter so as to be false
• Portuguese: falsificar — to alter so as to be false
• Romanian: denatura — to alter so as to be false
• Romanian: falsifica — to alter so as to be false
• Russian: фальсифици́ровать (falʹsificírovatʹ) — to alter so as to be false
• Russian: сфальсифици́ровать (sfalʹsificírovatʹ) — to alter so as to be false
• Russian: подде́лывать (poddélyvatʹ) — to alter so as to be false
• Russian: подде́лать (poddélatʹ) — to alter so as to be false
• Spanish: falsificar — to alter so as to be false
• Spanish: falsear — to alter so as to be false
• Ukrainian: фальсифікува́ти (falʹsyfikuváty) — to alter so as to be false
• Bulgarian: изопача́вам (izopačávam) — to misrepresent
• Bulgarian: изопача́ (izopačá) — to misrepresent
• Catalan: falsificar — to misrepresent
• Catalan: falsejar — to misrepresent
• Finnish: tekeytyä — to misrepresent
• Finnish: teeskennellä — to misrepresent
• Māori: aweke — to misrepresent
• Portuguese: falsificar — to misrepresent
• Romanian: falsifica — to misrepresent
• Russian: искажа́ть (iskažátʹ) — to misrepresent
• Russian: искази́ть (iskazítʹ) — to misrepresent
• Bulgarian: опроверга́вам (oprovergávam) — to prove to be false
• Bulgarian: опроверга́я (oprovergája) — to prove to be false
• Catalan: falsejar — to prove to be false
• Catalan: falsificar — to prove to be false
• Finnish: osoittaa vääräksi — to prove to be false
• German: falsifizieren — to prove to be false
• German: widerlegen — to prove to be false
• Hebrew: הפריך (hifríkh) — to prove to be false
• Hungarian: cáfol — to prove to be false
• Hungarian: megcáfol — to prove to be false
• Hungarian: falszifikál — to prove to be false
• Russian: опроверга́ть (oprovergátʹ) — to prove to be false
• Russian: опрове́ргнуть (oprovérgnutʹ) — to prove to be false
• Spanish: falsar — to prove to be false
• Dutch: vervalsen — to counterfeit, forge
• Finnish: väärentää — to counterfeit, forge
• Galician: falsificar — to counterfeit, forge
• Hungarian: hamisít — to counterfeit, forge
• Japanese: 偽造する (gizō suru) — to counterfeit, forge
• Polish: fałszować — to counterfeit, forge
• Polish: sfałszować — to counterfeit, forge
• Spanish: falsificar — to counterfeit, forge
• Finnish: paljastaa — finance: to show to be wrong
• Finnish: väistää — (obsolete in English) to baffle or escape
• Finnish: pettää — (obsolete in English) to break by falsehood