embustero
Spanish, noun/embusˈteɾo/
embustero is spelled E-M-B-U-S-T-E-R-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 46,380th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embustero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “liar, deceiver, fraud” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does embustero mean in English?
adjective
- 1
lying, mendacious
noun
- 1
masculineliar, deceiver, fraud
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que dice embustes. 2. Mentiroso, que dice mentiras.
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 embustero
- embustera feminine
- embusteros masculine plural
- embusteras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embustero?
- /embusˈteɾo/
- [ẽm.busˈt̪e.ɾo]
- [ẽmbusˈt̪eɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to embustero
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is embustero in Spanish?
embustero appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).