🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

evidentemente falso

Pronunciation / Transliteration: evidentemente falso

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Patently false/ˈpæt.ənt.li fɔːls/
adjective phraseCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #14200 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Esa acusación es evidentemente falsa."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Clearly, obviously, and undeniably untrue without the need for complex investigation.

    "The politician's claim that he had never met the lobbyist was shown to be patently false by photographic evidence."
  2. 2

    Manifestly incorrect or absurd on its face.

    "The report dismissed the conspiracy theory as patently false and lacking any scientific foundation."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the adverb 'patently' (from Latin 'patens', meaning open or evident) combined with 'false' (from Latin 'falsus', meaning deceptive or erroneous). The compound idiom emerged in modern English legal and rhetorical discourse to denote claims or assertions that are blatantly and unmistakably untrue upon even a superficial examination.

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