el
masculine
/imposˈtoɾ/
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Translation
impostor, impersonator, fraud
Word origin
From Latin impostor, from imponere ('to impose, to deceive'), from in- ('upon') plus ponere ('to place').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- impostor
- English cognates
- impose, impostor
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralimpostores
Examples
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They discovered that the new doctor was an impostor.
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The impostor pretended to be a police officer.
sospechaba .
Nobody suspected that man was a fraud.
¡ engañado !
That impostor has deceived us all!
cobrara .
The police arrested the impostor before he collected the money.
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