| Traduções principais |
| Inglês | Português |
| poser n | informal, pejorative (wannabe, pretentious person) | impostor sm |
| He calls himself a writer but he's really just a poser. |
impostor,
imposter n | (person posing as sb else) | impostor sm |
| That man is not my husband; he is an impostor! |
| impersonator n | (impostor) | impostor sm |
| Someone tried to pose as me and empty my bank account! Don't worry, the impersonator was caught immediately. |
| shyster n | informal (corrupt lawyer) (advogado corrupto) | impostor, charlatão, trapaceiro sm |
| vigarista sm, sf |
| con artist n | informal (confidence trickster, fraud) | charlatão, impostor, trapaceiro sm |
| They thought he was a Wall Street genius but really he was no more than a con artist. |
| bluffer n | (sb: feigns expertise) (alguém: finge ter conhecimento) | impostor, impostora sm, sf |
| blefador, blefadora sm, sf |
| trapaceiro, trapaceira sm, sf |
| hokey adj | US, informal (fake, phony) | impostor adj |
| That's just a hokey story the politician uses to support his agenda. |
| fraud n | (person) | impostor sm |
| Erin's a fraud; she accepted that award, but someone else did the work. |
| Erin é um impostor. Ele aceitou aquele prêmio, mas outra pessoa fez o trabalho. |
| sham n | (impostor) | impostor sm |
| farsa sf |
| fraude sf |
| The presenter of that TV diet programme claims to have a doctorate in nutrition, but really she's a sham; she bought the certificate online! |
| A apresentadora daquele programa de dietas na TV diz ter doutorado em nutrição, mas ela é uma impostora; ela comprou o certificado online! |
phony,
phoney n | informal (insincere person) | falso, impostor sm |
| Many voters thought the liberal candidate was a phony. |
| fake n | (sb phoney) | farsante sm, sf |
| impostor, impostora sm, sf |
| (médico) | charlatão, charlatã sm, sf |
| He was a rogue, a fake who claimed to be a duke. |
| ⓘEsta frase não é uma tradução da frase em inglês Um farsante veio aqui dizendo que era fiscal da prefeitura e confiscou nossos documentos. |
