embustero

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish embustero (“liar”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: em‧bus‧te‧ro

Noun

embustero

1. liar

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish embuste

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Spanish -ero

Spanish embustero

From embuste + -ero. Compare Latin impostor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /embusˈteɾo/ [ẽm.busˈt̪e.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: em‧bus‧te‧ro

Adjective

embustero (feminine embustera, masculine plural embusteros, feminine plural embusteras)

1. lying, mendacious

   Synonym: mendaz

Noun

embustero m (plural embusteros, feminine embustera, feminine plural embusteras)

1. liar, deceiver, fraud

   Synonyms: mentiroso, grupiento, chamullento

   • 1971, Joan Manuel Serrat, “Mediterráneo”:

     Soy cantor, soy embustero / Me gusta el juego y el vino / Tengo alma de marinero

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• embuste
• embustear
• embustería
• embustir

Further reading

• “embustero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025