to tell the truth

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Adverb

to tell the truth (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) An attestation to the truthfulness and frankness of an associated statement.

Synonyms

• tell the truth, to tell you the truth; see also Thesaurus:actually

Translations

attestation to the truthfulness and frankness of a statement

• Bashkir: дөрөҫөн әйткәндә (döröśön əytkəndə)
• Bengali: বলিতে কি (bn) (bolite ki)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 老實說／老实说 (zh) (lǎoshishuō)

• Finnish: totta puhuen, toden sanoakseni
• French: à vrai dire (fr), à dire vrai (fr)
• German: um die Wahrheit zu sagen
• Greek: εδώ που τα λέμε (edó pou ta léme)
• Icelandic: reyndar, raunar, í raun og veru, satt best að segja, frómt frá sagt
• Irish: déanta na fírinne
• Italian: a dire il vero, a onor del vero
• Japanese: 実を言えば (じつをいえば, jitsu-o ieba)
• Polish: prawdę mówiąc (pl)
• Russian: по пра́вде говоря́ (ru) (po právde govorjá), че́стно говоря́ (ru) (čéstno govorjá)
• Scottish Gaelic: leis an fhìrinn innse, a dh'innse na fìrinn
• Ukrainian: пра́вду ка́жучи (právdu kážučy)

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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} verdire

See also

• not to put too fine a point on it