falso
Spanish, adjective
falso is spelled F-A-L-S-O (5 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,774th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Falso is a Spanish adjective meaning “false; untrue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of falsar. With an accent, falsó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of falsar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que simula, imita o parece ser real, sin serlo”.
What does falso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
false; untrue
- 2
fake; counterfeit
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of falsar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of falsar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que simula, imita o parece ser real, sin serlo. 2. Contrario a la verdad, involuntaria o intencionalmente. 3. Que engaña, que lleva a un engaño. 4. Se dice de la persona que finge.
noun: 1. Refuerzo de tela que va por dentro de una prenda de vestir. 2. Borde o ruedo del vestido. 3. En la baraja española, cualquiera de las dos cartas que sean el uno de copas o el uno de oro.
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 falso
- falsa feminine
- falsos masculine plural
- falsas feminine plural
- falsísimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to falso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is falso in Spanish?
falso appears 30 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).