falsario

Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. Learned borrowing from Latin falsarius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [falˈsaɾiʊ]

Noun

falsario m (plural falsarios, feminine falsaria, feminine plural falsarias)

1. liar

   Synonyms: mentirán, mentireiro

2. forger, counterfeiter, falsifier

   Synonym: falsificador

   • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 685:

     Et hũus dizem que o enforcou com̃o a falsario

     And some say that he hanged him as a falsifier

Related terms

• falso

References

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

Italian

Etymology

From Latin falsarius. Compare Sicilian farsaru.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /falˈsa.rjo/
• Rhymes: -arjo
• Hyphenation: fal‧sà‧rio

Noun

falsario m (plural falsari, feminine falsaria)

1. forger, counterfeiter, falsifier

Related terms

• falso

Spanish

Adjective

falsario (feminine falsaria, masculine plural falsarios, feminine plural falsarias)

1. lying

Noun

falsario m (plural falsarios, feminine falsaria, feminine plural falsarias)

1. liar
2. forger; counterfeiter

Further reading

• “falsario”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014