hoax

engaño, bulo

Historia, aviso o truco inventado a propósito para hacer creer algo falso.

En inglés sencillo: A false story, warning, or other trick deliberately created to make people believe something untrue.

• The warning was a hoax.
• Police investigated a hoax bomb threat.
• Thousands of readers believed the online hoax.

Sinónimos: trick, deception, fraud

Expresiones frecuentes: bomb hoax, elaborate hoax, hoax call

engañar, burlar

Hacer que alguien crea una historia o afirmación inventada a propósito.

En inglés sencillo: To trick someone into believing a story or claim that you have deliberately invented.

• They hoaxed the local newspaper.
• Someone hoaxed us with a fake warning.
• The students hoaxed their teacher into believing aliens had landed.

Cómo se usa: hoax someone into doing something (They hoaxed the reporter into publishing a false story.)

Sinónimos: trick, deceive, fool, dupe

Expresiones frecuentes: hoax someone, hoax the public, hoax someone into