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Pronunciation / Transliteration: tergiversare
"Il politico ha iniziato a tergiversare per evitare di rispondere alla domanda."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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To speak or act in an evasive way; to quibble or stray from the truth.
"Government officials prevaricated, refusing to give a straight answer to the journalists."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
From Latin praevaricatus, past participle of praevaricari ('to walk crookedly', in Church Latin 'to collude in an action', from prae- 'before' + varicus 'straddling').
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Prevaricate" is said worldwide
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tergiverser
Transliteration: tergiverser
"Il a commencé à tergiverser quand on lui a posé des questions sur ses dépenses."
sich herausreden
Transliteration: sich herausreden
"Anstatt die Wahrheit zu sagen, versuchte er sich herauszureden."
tergiversare
Transliteration: tergiversare
"Il politico ha iniziato a tergiversare per evitare di rispondere alla domanda."
tergiversar
Transliteration: tergiversar
"No trates de tergiversar los hechos para ocultar tu error."
tergiversar
Transliteration: tergiversar
"Ele começou a tergiversar quando foi confrontado com as provas."
टालमटोल करना
Transliteration: taal-matol karna
"सच्चाई बताने के बजाय वह टालमटोल करने लगा।"
支吾其词
Transliteration: zhīwūqící
"当被问及资金去向时，他开始支吾其词。"
얼버무리다
Transliteration: eolbeomurida
"그는 불리한 질문을 받자 대답을 얼버무렸다."
言葉を濁す
Transliteration: kotoba o nigosu
"彼は責任を問われると、言葉を濁してごまかした。"
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