embuste
Spanish, noun/emˈbuste/
embuste is spelled E-M-B-U-S-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 64,424th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embuste is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “lie, deception, hoax” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of embustir. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mentira disfrazada con argucias, generalmente conformando un relato artificioso”.
What does embuste mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelie, deception, hoax
- 2
masculinetrinkets
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mentira disfrazada con argucias, generalmente conformando un relato artificioso. 2. Mentira en general.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of embuste
- embustes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embuste?
- /emˈbuste/
- [ẽmˈbus.t̪e]
- [ẽmˈbust̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to embuste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is embuste in Spanish?
embuste appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).